“…Reilly solves such puzzles as why peace is so elusive in the Middle East; why the Arab world stands near the bottom of every measure of human development; why scientific inquiry is nearly moribund in the Islamic world; why Spain translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has in the past thousand years; why some people in Saudi Arabia still refuse to believe man has been to the moon; and why some Muslim media present natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina as God's direct retribution. …”
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“…Besides working in India, his career has also taken him to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bahrain and Australia. He has dealt with customers in many different areas of business, and has written many articles for websites such as techrepublic.com and drj.com. …”

“…In queste pagine troveremo tutte le battaglie più famose, da Hastings ad Azincourt, da Poitiers a Bouvines, ma più volte ci stupiremo inoltrandoci in luoghi lontani, sconosciuti e affascinanti: dalle umide pianure indiane alle gole del Tagikistan, dalle acque del Giappone fino alle inesplorate valli dell’Impero azteco, dai ghiacci del Baltico fino al profondo deserto d’Arabia. Ciascuno di questi 21 ‘fatti d’arme’ diventa un prisma attraverso il quale conosciamo gli avanzamenti dell’arte della guerra’, ma anche uomini, culture, contesti. …”

“…The demand for oil from countries that are importers is forecast to increase from current import levels of 50 Mbpd to 80 Mbpd. Saudi Arabia, Russia and Norway, today’s largest oil exporters, will experience a decline in their export volumes of the order of 4 to 6 Mbpd by 2030 because of (what?). …”

“…Interviewees include Margaret Sixel ( Mad Max: Fury Road ), Tom Cross ( Whiplash, La La Land ), Pietro Scalia ( The Martian , JFK ), Stephen Mirrione ( The Revenant ), Ann Coates ( Lawrence of Arabia, Murder on the Orient Express ), Joe Walker ( 12 Years a Slave , Sicario ), Kelley Dixon ( Breaking Bad , The Walking Dead ), and many more. …”

“…En India, en Brasil o en Arabia Saudí se compite por dominar la web y ganar la batalla de la influencia cultural. …”

“…Por ello, en la obra también se desarrolla un análisis de la situación de estos periodistas, desde México a la India, pasando por Rusia, Arabia Saudí o la propia Unión Europea, deteniéndose en casos propios como los de Daphne Caruana o Jamal Khashoggi. …”

“…Nos encontramos en la época de la disolución del Imperio otomano, que se extendía desde Argelia hasta Arabia Saudí y desde Irak hasta Centroeuropa. La desmembración del sultanato turco está en el origen de muchos de los conflictos recientes, como la creación del Estado de Israel, las guerras de los Balcanes, Siria e Irak, y la revolución islámica en Irán. …”

“…En 1964 realizó una peregrinación a La Meca (Arabia Saudí). Debido a este viaje y a otros por África y Europa, dejó a sus anteriores creencias, y comenzó a invocar la solidaridad racial y adoptó el nombre árabe de El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. …”

“…Una más de las muchas que se suceden diariamente en nuestras ciudades y nuestros barrios, en los entornos donde la fotografía entre los vecinos se ha convertido en una imagen extraña y desconocida, que nos transporta a realidades lejanas como podría ser Irán o Arabia Saudí, y donde la cotidianidad de lo que conocemos como “guetos islamistas”, se han convertido en algo asumido y urge conocer cómo se gestan. …”

“…It includes high-quality peer-reviewed papers featuring substantive new research in one of five research tracks, each chaired by leaders in the field:Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web (track chairs Peter Brusilovsky and Geert-Jan Houben)Intelligent User interfaces (track chairs Shlomo Berkovsky and Markus Schedl)Personalized Recommender Systems (track chairs Dietmar Jannach and Markus Zanker)Personalized Social Web (track chairs Cecile Paris and Julita Vassileva)Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning (track chairs Olga Santos and Carla Limongelli) The call for papers attracted 137 submissions from 33 different countries on all continents except Antarctica: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States The international program committee consisted of 131 reviewers. …”

“…Il significato strategico di questo duplice attentato lo si comprende ancora meglio se lo si legge alla luce degli eventi accaduti poco prima in Medio Oriente e nei Paesi del Golfo Persico: in particolare, l’annuncio dell’offensiva su Raqqa, di fatto l’unica città ancora (in parte) in mano al preteso califfo, e il tentativo di isolamento del Qatar da parte dell’Arabia Saudita e degli altri Paesi sunniti. Un tentativo avvenuto, secondo molti commentatori, con l’avallo degli Stati Uniti. …”

“…There were 41 international participants from 21 different countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, USA, and Venezuela). 318 proposals were submitted for consideration; eventually, 200 communications, 4 roundtables, and 8 posters were accepted (rejection rate 19.5%) and 86 papers were accepted for publication (rejection rate 16.5%). …”
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