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Karim El Assir is a student working toward a BA in International Relations at the University College in Maastricht. His writing generally deals with international affairs with a concentration on the Middle East. Karim is currently the Chief Editor of Eloquent Magazine, a publication located in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Added on: Dec 13th, 2008
- Country: Netherlands
- Language: English
- Author: Karim El Assir
- Listed in: International Affairs News & Media
- Tags: news Middle East egypt analysis foreign policy international affairs
Recent Posts
I Don’t Get It
I was searching through the archives of The Rambler, and came across this piece (4′3”) by John Cage. I have absolutely no significant knowledge of music as a discipline, whether in practice or as an academic discipline, so perhaps this ...
The Blog
This is a message to the few of you who have subscribed to my blog, only to read very little in terms of new content. I used to find blogging a useful aide in developing my writing style. However, I’ve since published in other forums and pu...
Be Daring, Mr. Obama
The U.S President needs to make clear where he stands on promoting democracy. President Barack Obama’s decision to address the ‘Muslim world’ from Egypt has provoked a great deal of head-scratching from observers, myself included. I had hoped ...
God Forbid They’d Live Together
I still remember the few words I exchanged with my father one afternoon after exiting a popular supermarket chain in Riyadh. Our groceries, after purchase at the checkout counter, had just been packed by a young Saudi Arabian. His nationality had r...
Just A Thought
How communal is the international community? A community is “the lasting and genuine form of living together” wrote Ferdinand Tonnies in his seminal distinction between the sociological concepts of Gemeinschaft (community) and Gesellschaft (socie...
Vacation
I’ll be flying to Egypt tomorrow morning, so I don’t have much time to post. I plan on writing a few posts when I’m settled in Cairo, and I may even stop over in Beirut for a few days. Thanks for visiting the site!...
