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  1. @jsalsman wow...and yikes. to veer back toward optimism check out @masarat's movement on global education. It's a seed of great things.
  2. @jsalsman or farming solar power in the desert, which some here are looking to do. But hard to slow Arab states who're rushing to go nuclear
  3. On the other side, #Iran announces 100+ arrests after Wednesday's green rally; #Saudi in 5th day of fighting with Yemen's Houthi rebels.
  4. http://twitpic.com/oqhce - A characteristically friendly Omani man wearing the kumah, a traditional embroidered cap.
  5. http://twitpic.com/oqh6e - From the Six Senses Hideaway Musandam, where I fulfilled a long-held dream of paragliding from mountain to shore.
  6. @whereishawkins Check out "Paradise on the Persian Gulf," on Musandam, Oman. http://bit.ly/1SxVzq Will post favorite pics.
  7. Back then we went nuts for this promo: hip hop debkeh w/ lookalike of Sabah, Beirut's aging pop princess http://bit.ly/2cSIbn
  8. @QuimFont we did this on MTV Arabia when it first launched, their ratings struggled since http://bit.ly/2ouoEt
  9. @ripple1967 thank you...and noted
  10. Developing a new slate of pitches (sunday = workday here). What kind of stories or people profiles do you want to see from the #MiddleEast?
  11. #Lebanon has a government after months of haggling and concessions of key posts to the Hezbollah-led opposition (i.e., telecoms ministry)
  12. Hopes are low for the #Iran nuclear deal. Most likely, no nuclear deal -> no 2nd round Geneva talks -> new sanctions, punitive measures
  13. @ksquared3 Al Houthis = Shiites in N. Yemen locked in battle with the weak central government. Both they and AQ have threatened Saudi.
  14. Shiite Houthis believed to get support from Iran, raising fears of a Saudi-Iran proxy war & Hezbollah-style statelet in Yemen, say analysts
  15. Saudi Arabia-Yemen turmoil is along an ill-defined border marred by Houthi rebels, armed smugglers, and Al Qaeda...
  16. Saudi Arabia launches a significant attack on Northern Yemen, set off by an apparent Al Qaeda attack into Saudi from across the border
  17. chants of "Russian Embassy, Den of Spies," contrasting anti-US sentiment & reminding that for years in Iran, Russia was the bullying bad guy
  18. thanks for all your input - per an interview w/ Karroubi's son, K was beaten badly, but not arrested at today's #iranelection/#13aban rally
  19. hearing mixed reports that Karroubi was arrested or beaten up. if you see any news on Persian language sites please send link. #Iranelection
  20. a colleague confirms Karroubi is in the crowd at Hafte-Tir Square with #Iranelection crowds