compiled by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary on MARCH 4, 2015: A year-long Rethinking Global Cities project at Duke, supported by the Andrew

As part of the Rethinking Global Cities Project, Erdag Göknar invited Sibel Bozdoğan — a lecturer in Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at Kadir Has University — to talk Istanbul.

Arabs first made a name for themselves in business; their reputation for religious zeal came later. Arabs earned a reputation as long distance traders and risk investors long before the advent of Islam, and arguably the spread of Islam...

Last Fall, the China-Arab Economic Forum, renamed the China-Arab States Expo, resulted in more than $42 billion in contracts— surpassing in one year the combined value of contracts signed at the previous three China-Arab forums.

When you’re looking for global exposure no coverage is bad. And Qatar is hungry for media attention as a nation state portending a new future for the Arab world.

Duke Political Science and Public Policy Professor Bruce Jentleson reports — exclusively for ISLAMiCommentary — from the Middle East where he's on a 10-day trip, organized by the Center for American Progress. This is his 3rd blog post from that trip.

Duke Political Science and Public Policy Professor Bruce Jentleson reports — exclusively for ISLAMiCommentary — on meetings of the CAP delegation with United Arab Emirates meeting with cabinet ministers, military officials, and business leaders.

When I entered Taounate on a very hot day in July, nothing seemed edgy about the small town at the foot of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. But behind Taounate’s bucolic stillness lingers a human tragedy with global ramifications: suicide and and jihad.

This week China’s new president, Xi Jinping, separately hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas —meetings that some analysts say is indicative of China’s desire for a more pro-active role in Middle East.

The 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War is here. My family and I are products of this displacement. We came to the U.S. as refugees in 1991, after living in refugee camps in Turkey. Like millions of other Kurds, we left everything behind...

by JULIE POUCHER HARBIN, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, on JANUARY 17, 2013: It’s been barely two years since Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set hims

For the first time, San Diego has been named one of the top five cities in the United States for foreign investors to spend their commercial real estate dollars.

For the first time, San Diego has been named one of the top five cities in the United States for foreign investors to spend their commercial real estate dollars.

Eric Larson, executive director for the San Diego County Farm Bureau, predicts that while profits will continue for the agriculture industry into 2006, they could be threatened by short- and long-term challenges.

This season's avocado crop is expected to be California's biggest since 1992-93. "We will probably pick three times as much fruit as we did last year," said grower Jerome Stehly.

Eric Larson, executive director for the San Diego County Farm Bureau, predicts that while profits will continue for the agriculture industry into 2006, they could be threatened by short- and long-term challenges.