Podcasts about Nasr

Alone in the Middle East! Imperial Iran… Safavids, Qajars, and even the Pahlavis - alone in the Middle East. And then, the Ayatollahs. Again, Iran alone in the Middle East.

Conflict broke out between Israel and Iran on Friday, with Israel launching an attack on Iran's nuclear and military facilities and Iran responding in turn. Vali Nasr, a Middle East expert and professor at Johns Hopkins University, sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss. Nasr is the author, most recently, of Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History.  FP Staff: Israel Strikes Iran Iselin Brady and Daniel Byman: How the Israel-Iran War Might End Steven A. Cook: Israel Is Going for the Death Blow on Iran Jeffrey Lewis: Nuclear Claims Are a Smoke Screen for Hopes of Toppling Iran John Haltiwanger: Iran's Military Just Lost Its ‘Brain Trust' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a battered economy and a restless population, Iran is as desperate as the United States to come together, Johns Hopkins University Professor Vali Nasr argues. Nasr told host Steve Clemons that US President Donald Trump's administration is eager to reach an arms control deal with Iran, and Iran is eager to grow economically. “Both of them have arrived, after 40 some years, at a juncture where they need to change the direction of their relationship,” Nasr said. Join the conversation on Nasr's latest book, Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History, which explains how Iran's anti-Americanism “is not ideological or theological”. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #aljazeera #aljazeeraenglish #aljazeeranewslive

Warum gibt's gerade in den ostdeutschen Bundesländern so viele rechtsextreme Straftaten? Die SPD-Abgeordnete Rasha Nasr – Tochter syrischer Einwanderer und selbst im Osten geboren und aufgewachsen – hat immer wieder mit Alltagsrassismus zu kämpfen. Für sie ist klar: Vor allem die CDU in Ostdeutschland redet die politische Lage schön. Das Thema Migration hat den Wahlkampf dominiert, über Integrationsmaßnahmen wurde aber zu wenig gesprochen, beklagt Nasr. Darüber, wie Integration gelingen kann, was die SPD tun kann, um cooler zu werden, und warum ihrer Meinung nach Dickköpfigkeit besonders ein ostdeutsches Phänomen ist, spricht sie mit Jan Schipmann in dieser Folge ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT! ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT ist ein Podcast über politische Visionen, persönliche Überzeugungen und ein Gedankenspiel darüber, in welche Richtung sich dieses Land entwickeln soll. Hosts: Jan Schipmann, Aline Abboud, Victoria Reichelt Jeden Dienstag, überall wo es Podcasts gibt. ABSOLUTE MEHRHEIT wird produziert von HyperboleMedien GmbH für funk. funk ist ein Gemeinschaftsangebot der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) und des Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehens (ZDF). funk hat auf die datenschutzrechtlichen Bestimmungen dieser Plattform sowie die Erhebung, Analyse und Nutzung von Userdaten keinen Einfluss. Im Rahmen unserer Möglichkeiten gehen wir mit der größten Sensibilität mit Deinen Daten um. Weitere Informationen zum Thema Datenschutz findest Du auf unserer Website: https://www.funk.net/datenschutz Schaut hier vorbei und schreibt uns: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/die.da.oben TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@die.da.oben YouTube: www.youtube.com/@DieDaOben

**** VIDEO EN NUESTRO CANAL DE YOUTUBE **** https://youtube.com/live/Xw3YSgs8VNk +++++ Hazte con nuestras camisetas en https://www.bhmshop.app +++++ ¿Puede estallar una guerra nuclear en Asia del Sur? ¿Qué doctrinas guían a India y Pakistán en uno de los equilibrios atómicos más tensos del planeta? En este documental analizamos a fondo los orígenes, las pruebas nucleares, las estrategias de disuasión y los vectores (misiles, aviones y submarinos) que sostienen esta rivalidad histórica. Contenido del programa: Historia y evolución de los programas nucleares - Pruebas de Pokhran y Chagai - Doctrinas de No Primer Uso vs Uso Primero Condicionado - Misiles Agni, Shaheen, Nasr, Babur, K-15 y más - Plataformas aéreas y submarinos estratégicos - Geografía de las instalaciones nucleares clave Una mirada experta y sin filtros sobre el frente nuclear más peligroso del siglo XXI. Suscríbete a Bellumartis Historia Militar y activa la campana para más análisis geoestratégicos, historia militar y conflictos globales. #IndiaVsPakistan #DisuasiónNuclear #Geopolítica #HistoriaMilitar #Pakistán #India #Bellumartis COMPRA EN AMAZON CON EL ENLACE DE BHM Y AYUDANOS ************** https://amzn.to/3ZXUGQl ************* Si queréis apoyar a Bellumartis Historia Militar e invitarnos a un café o u una cerveza virtual por nuestro trabajo, podéis visitar nuestro PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bellumartis o en PAYPALhttps://www.paypal.me/bellumartis o en BIZUM 656/778/825

Two races done.  Indy car entertainment factor vs F1 for the first two races.  Helmet Marko and the Pope. Nasr.  Broke-ass owners.  Graham Rahal, the plusses and minuses.  Power.  In defense of Thermal.  Who is doing what so far?  The Long Beach picks.  And more...@hiroindycar

Question un peu osée vous direz-nous. Mais Porsche Penske Motorsport a réalisé une nouvelle prestation de haute volée pour aller remporter les 12 Heures de Sebring le week-end en Floride pour la deuxième manche de l'IMSA 2025.Mieux, l'alliance germano-américaine a signé le doublé avec ses deux 963, matant la concurrence qui a encore dû s'incliner. A l'image de ce que sera le reste de la saison américaine ? Analyse et explications dans le nouveau numéro de notre podcast Track Limit.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Présentée comme la ville du futur, vitrine de l'Arabie saoudite dans un monde post-pétrole, Neom devait révolutionner l'urbanisme avec une cité intelligente et écologique capable d'accueillir des millions d'habitants. Mais huit ans après le début du chantier, le projet titanesque semble englué dans des difficultés financières et techniques qui remettent en question sa viabilité. Selon une enquête du Wall Street Journal, 50 milliards de dollars ont déjà été injectés dans Neom, mais ce n'est que la partie émergée de l'iceberg. Un audit interne estime que la construction prendra 55 ans et que le budget total pourrait atteindre 8 800 milliards de dollars. Une somme vertigineuse, 25 fois le budget annuel du royaume, qui fragilise la position financière de l'Arabie saoudite. Déjà confronté à un déficit budgétaire de 27 milliards de dollars prévu pour 2025, le pays peine à trouver une solution viable pour poursuivre son projet phare.Les obstacles ne sont pas seulement financiers. Le chantier souffre d'une pénurie de main-d'œuvre qualifiée, de problèmes d'infrastructure et d'un approvisionnement énergétique insuffisant, ralentissant la progression des travaux. Résultat : les projections démographiques sont drastiquement revues à la baisse. Alors que le plan initial prévoyait 1,5 million d'habitants d'ici 2030, les estimations actuelles parlent de seulement 200 000 résidents. Ces difficultés ont également conduit à un changement de direction. En novembre 2024, Nadhmi al-Nasr, PDG historique du projet, a quitté ses fonctions, remplacé par Ayman al-Mudaifer. Officiellement, ce départ n'est pas lié aux défis financiers, mais il intervient à un moment critique pour Neom.Face aux doutes grandissants, le ministre des Finances saoudien, Mohammed Al Aljaadan, adopte un discours apaisant. Il insiste sur le fait que Neom est un projet à long terme : « Si quelqu'un pense que Neom va être construit, opérationnel et rentable en cinq ans, c'est insensé. Nous ne sommes pas insensés. Nous sommes des gens sages. » Mais cette incertitude pourrait compromettre d'autres projets majeurs, notamment la centrale hydroélectrique "Nestor" qu'EDF doit construire au cœur de Neom. Prévue pour une mise en service en 2029, son calendrier pourrait être impacté par les turbulences actuelles. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Gırnata Nasrîlerinin son hükümdarı Ebû Abdullah XII. Muhammed 2 Ocak 1492 günü şehri Katolik Hristiyanlara teslim ettiğinde, Endülüs'te artık ezan sesi duyulan herhangi bir Müslüman belde kalmamıştı. Sonraki 500 yıl boyunca Gırnata -bugünkü adıyla Granada- ezan sesine hasret bir şekilde yaşadı. Nihayet 2003'te ibadete açılan bir camiyle bu hasret sona erdi. Hem de Elhamra Sarayı'nın tam karşı yamacında, vaktiyle Müslümanların yaşadığı Albeyzin mahallesinde. Resmî adıyla Gırnata Ulu Camii'nin oldukça ilginç bir hikâyesi vardı:

Em um mercado cada vez mais competitivo, ter um bom produto ou serviço não é suficiente. O que realmente sustenta e diferencia um negócio no longo prazo é seupropósito e seusvalores inegociáveis.Pra falar desse assunto no episódio # 231 conversamos com a Nádia Nasr, sócia fundadora do Café por Elas, onde as mulheres são protagonistas da história.Você tem valores inegociáveis no seu negócio? Conta pra gente quais são!

Sure An-Nasr by NOOR INTERNATIONAL

O Pelas Pistas desta semana chegou com peso de campeão. Os Hosts Christian Fittipaldi, Nelsinho Piquet e Thiago Alves receberam Felipe Nasr, o atual campeão das 24h de Daytona para um papo muito informativo. Nasr contou sobre os desafios da prova, revelou porque precisou ultrapassar o outro carro da sua equipe e como foi a estratégia para conquistar o pódio para a Porsche Penske. Ele também destacou a diferença entre LeMans e Daytona e os outros anos de corrida e a evolução das equipes de Endurance, falou sobre a pilotagem de Felipe Drugovich e sobre as expectativas de Gabriel Bortoleto na Sauber. ATENÇAO MEMBROS! Tem novidade para os membros do canal no Youtube, se você ainda não é membro corre que todo mundo que se tornar membro até sexta-feira (dia 7 de fevereiro) também terá a chance de ganhar um presente super especial enviado pela @UpperCustom. Corre pros minutos finais do vídeo e veja o presentão que temos pra você. Duvido que um apaixonado por automobilismo vai perder essa chance! Gostou do convidado? Deixe seu like, siga o canal e compartilhe com os amigos. Patrocine o Pelas Pistas Entre em contato com nosso time comercial:pelaspistas@pod360.com.br Seja membro deste canal no Youtube e tenha acesso antecipado Loja Oficial Pelas Pistas Podcast Redes sociais: @‌pelaspistas360 Apresentadores: Thiago Alves, Christian Fittipaldi e Nelsinho Piquet Direção Executiva: Marcos Chehab e Tiago Bianco Direção de Conteúdo: Felipe Lobão Produção: Kal Chimenti Captação e Edição de Vídeo: Pedro Montezino Captação de áudio: Bruno Scarabotto Edição e Sound Design: Bruno Scarabotto Redes sociais e Community Manager: Guilherme Diaz

O Pelas Pistas desta semana chegou com peso de campeão. Os Hosts Christian Fittipaldi, Nelsinho Piquet e Thiago Alves receberam Felipe Nasr, o atual campeão das 24h de Daytona para um papo muito informativo.Nasr contou sobre os desafios da prova, revelou porque precisou ultrapassar o outro carro da sua equipe e como foi a estratégia para conquistar o pódio para a Porsche Penske. Ele também destacou a diferença entre LeMans e Daytona e os outros anos de corrida e a evolução das equipes de Endurance, falou sobre a pilotagem de Felipe Drugovich e sobre as expectativas de Gabriel Bortoleto na Sauber. ATENÇAO MEMBROS! Tem novidade para os membros do canal no Youtube, se você ainda não é membro corre que todo mundo que se tornar membro até sexta-feira (dia 7 de fevereiro) também terá a chance de ganhar um presente super especial enviado pela @UpperCustom.Corre pros minutos finais do vídeo e veja o presentão que temos pra você. Duvido que um apaixonado por automobilismo vai perder essa chance!Gostou do convidado? Deixe seu like, siga o canal e compartilhe com os amigos.Patrocine o Pelas PistasEntre em contato com nosso time comercial: pelaspistas@pod360.com.brSeja membro deste canal no Youtube e tenha acesso antecipado Loja Oficial Pelas Pistas Podcast Redes sociais: @‌pelaspistas360 Apresentadores: Thiago Alves, Christian Fittipaldi e Nelsinho Piquet Direção Executiva: Marcos Chehab e Tiago BiancoDireção de Conteúdo: Felipe LobãoProdução: Kal ChimentiCaptação e Edição de Vídeo: Pedro MontezinoCaptação de áudio: Bruno ScarabottoEdição e Sound Design: Bruno ScarabottoRedes sociais e Community Manager: Guilherme Diaz

Surah An-Nasr by NOOR INTERNATIONAL

Ever wondered what it's really like to lead through the chaos of social media and global sales? In this episode, Dara Nasr, former MD of Twitter UK and now VP of Global Sales at WeTransfer, opens up about navigating public scrutiny, embracing vulnerability as a leader, and why resilience comes from truly caring about your team. With stories from inside Twitter's rollercoaster decade and lessons learned from a career shaped by creativity, this is leadership like you've never heard it before. Watch now!

Avec Fouad Hassoun et Sœur Joséphine Nasr

The imposition of economic sanctions has become Washington's preferred method of expressing disapproval over the conduct of other states. But how effective are sanctions in changing behavior or achieving desired outcomes? This week on Departures with Robert Amsterdam, we are pleased to feature the brilliant former diplomat Vali Nasr, the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies and International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. Professor Nasr is a co-author, along with Narges Vajoghli, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Velez, of the book How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare. In this insightful conversation, Nasr explores why Iran serves as a pivotal case study for understanding the role of sanctions in foreign policy, their limitations, and why they often fail to deliver the intended results. He also shares his expert perspectives on several critical geopolitical developments, including Israel's Gaza offensive, the fall of the Assad regime, and the internal dynamics within the Islamic Republic.

CHIC, BUT MAKE IT NICE—It's a cliché because it's true: in the fashion world, you've got your show ponies and you've got your workhorses. We mean it as a compliment when we say that Samira Nasr truly earned her place at the helm of the 156-year-old institution, Harper's Bazaar. Don't get us wrong; Samira is seriously glamorous—she's the kind of woman who phrases like “effortless chic” were invented to describe. But she did not cruise to her current perch on connections and camera-readiness alone. Rather, she worked her way up, attending J-school at NYU, then making her way through the fashion closets of Vogue, Mirabella, Vanity Fair, InStyle, and Elle—where we met in the trenches, and got to see firsthand how she mixes old-school, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic and her own fresh vision. When Samira got the big job at Bazaar in 2020, she became the title's first-ever Black editor-in-chief. The Bazaar she has rebuilt is as close as a mainstream fashion magazine gets to a glossy art mag, but it is far from chilly. As she has long put it, “I just want to bring more people with me to the party.” Which, when you think about it, is a brilliant mantra for a rapidly shifting era in media and culture. How to keep a legacy fashion magazine going circa 2025? Drop the velvet rope.The timing for this mantra could not have been better. After her first year in the role, Bazaar took home its first-ever National Magazine Award for General Excellence. In our interview, Samira talked about remaking one of fashion's most legendary magazines — plus, jeans, budgets, and even the odd parenting tip. We had fun, and we hope you—This episode is made possible by our friends at Mountain Gazette, Commercial Type, and Freeport Press. Print Is Dead (Long Live Print!) is a production of Magazeum LLC ©2021–2024

Au lendemain de la chute de Bachar al-Assad, les Syriens oscillent entre liesse et inquiétude. Le dictateur déchu s'est enfui en Russie à l'approche de la coalition d'islamistes, emmenée par ayat Tahrir al Cham (HTC), au terme d'une campagne militaire fulgurante. La Syrie tourne ainsi une page de son Histoire, avec la fin d'un demi-siècle de dictature sanguinaire - dont treize d'une guerre civile qui a fait un demi-million de morts.

LRT Radiotekoje - spektaklio premjera. Rašytoja Vaiva Grainytė ir kompozitorius Arturas Bumšteinas pristato kūrinį „Dvidešimt keturi“. Tai - radijo spektaklis balsų chorams ir garsams. Pokalbis su su pjesės idėjos ir teksto autore Vaiva Grainyte.Į LRT GIRDI kreipėsi vilnietis, kuris piktinasi, kad yra priverstas mokėti už elektrą sodo namelį net tada, kai jos nenaudoja. Nuo šių metų liepos visi trys nepriklausomi elektros energijos tiekėjai Lietuvoje savo kainodaroje naudoja mėnesinį abonentinį mokestį. Vyras teiraujasi, ar jam pagrįstai pritaikytas abonementinis mėnesio mokestis už elektros tiekimą.Vienos įmonės idėja buto pirkėjams prie dovanų pridėti dar ir augintinį, sulaukė kritikos viešojoje erdvėje. Sumanymo autoriai teigia, kad mintis gimė iš didelės meilės gyvūnams, o augintiniai būtų dovanojami tik atsakingiems ir to norintiems butų pirkėjams. Gyvūnų gerovės organizacijos atkerta, kad tai skatina gyvūnų dovanojimo kultūrą, iš kurios jau daug metų bandoma išbristi.Nusikelsime į Kretingos rajoną, Nasrėnus, kur veikia bendruomeniniai senjorų globos namai.Ved. Darius Matas

Send us a textNasim Nasr is an Iranian-born Australian artist whose work focuses on the issues facing her home country of Iran and the challenges she has experienced as a woman and female artist. These circumstances ultimately led her to leave Iran at the age of 25. Nasim relocated to Australia with her younger siblings, where she has built a life for herself and her family while establishing herself as a prominent artist.Working across photography, installation, and performance, Nasim has gained significant recognition, with her works recently acquired by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. We had the pleasure of speaking with Nasim about her life journey and her beautiful, thought-provoking art. Enjoy listening to her story, and feel free to reach out to Nasim to see her work or for a studio visit. 'Biography:Born in Tehran, Iran 1984Moved to Adelaide, Australia 2009,  Currently lives and works in SydneySince graduating with a Master Visual Arts (Research), University South Australia, 2011, Nasim Nasr's art practice has sought to comment upon the transience of cultural identities. With an interest in cultural relationships in contemporary society, her artworks have engaged themes of intercultural dialogue and perspective between the historical and contemporary. Using video, photography, performance,  3D objects and sound, these works highlight notions of cultural difference as experienced in her past and present homelands, between West and East and seeks to create a harmony between the two.Nasim Nasr is a third time finalist at Fisher's Ghost Art Award and will exhibit at Campbelltown Art Centre Oct-Dec 2024 with her new light box; Impulse 2024, In March 2024 Nasr won AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD from the Art's Minister Tony Burke and Shadow Art Minister Paul Fletcher at the Paliment House, Canberra. Nasr's latest video work ‘Impulse' was presented at the 2023 Adelaide Independent Film Festival where it won the best Micro Short Film Award, and was in the official selection at the 2023 A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival Awards in Paris. In 2017 Nasr won People's Choice Award in The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Art Prize, Monash Art Gallery Melbourne, and her Women in Shadow II video documentation won an award at the 10th Anniversary Edition, A Shaded View on Fashion Film, Maison Jean Paul Gaultier and Club De L'Etoile, Paris, France in 2018. Nasr exhibited in the inaugural Triennial of Asia: We Do Not Dream Alone, Asia Society Museum in New York, October 2020–June 2021, her latest solo presentation Impulse at Mars Gallery, Melbourne March-April 2023. She exhibited at Photo London, Somerset House, London in May 2023. Nasr's latest photograph Impulse (2023) was reproduced on the front cover of ART COLLECTOR magazine in Australia, issue 104 included 8pp profile story on her practice.'

Ça ne fait aucun doute, le sort de Boualem Sansal préoccupe la presse française, et particulièrement les hebdomadaires. L'écrivain, arrêté et emprisonné en Algérie, il y a deux semaines, est à la Une du Point. À côté de sa photo, sourire aux lèvres, figure en gros le mot « otage ». Accusés : « la dictature algérienne et les islamistes ». « Il risquerait la prison à perpétuité », ajoute l'hebdomadaire, qui voit en lui « l'auteur d'une œuvre aussi percutante et courageuse, que sa voix est douce et enveloppante ». À l'origine de sa disgrâce, une interview au média Frontières, proche de l'extrême droite, dans laquelle il parle des frontières de l'Algérie et du Maroc, sujet hautement sensible, et il déclare notamment que « la France n'a pas colonisé le Maroc parce que c'est un grand État ». « Quand la France a colonisé l'Algérie », ajoute-t-il, « toute la partie ouest de l'Algérie ne faisait pas partie du Maroc. C'est facile de coloniser des petits trucs qui n'ont pas d'histoire, mais un État, c'est très difficile ». Une phrase qui ne passe pas du côté des autorités algériennes. « Désormais tout est possible : la perpétuité pour un texto, la prison pour un soupir d'agacement », écrit, toujours dans Le Point, un autre écrivain franco-algérien, Kamel Daoud, dans un appel à la libération de Boualem Sansal, signé de plusieurs prix Nobel, les Français Annie Ernaux et Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio ou encore le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, et de nombreux autres écrivains. « En Algérie, précise le texte de Kamel Daoud, les écrivains et les intellectuels, les éditeurs, les libraires vivent dans la peur des représailles, des accusations d'espionnage et des arrestations arbitraires, des procès et des diffamations et des attaques médiatiques violentes sur leur personnel et leur proche ».CabaleKamel Daoud a donc écrit ce texte, alors qu'il est lui-même dans l'œil du cyclone, comme le rappelle L'Express. Kamel Daoud est le récent lauréat du prestigieux prix Goncourt, en France, pour Houris, « une plongée dans la vie d'une victime de la guerre civile qui ravagea l'Algérie dans les années 1990 », explique L'Express. » Or « une rescapée de la décennie noire », poursuit l'hebdomadaire, « accuse l'écrivain d'avoir tiré son récit des confidences faites à son épouse psychiatre, violant ainsi le secret médical ». « L'écrivain, estime Marianne, est victime de cabales, pour avoir osé aborder une période taboue, la guerre civile des années 1990 (…) les autorités algériennes ont poussé sur le devant de la scène une femme qui a affirmé sur la chaîne One TV, que le récit qui sert de trame au roman, était le sien. Elle accuse Kamel Daoud et son épouse d'avoir ' volé' son histoire ». Or, accuse de son côté Marianne, « le journaliste à l'origine de l'entretien télévisé, n'est autre qu'un conseiller politique du gouvernement d'Abdelmadjid Tebboune. »La « Marocanité » du Sahara OccidentalEn filigrane de ces polémiques : les relations entre l'Algérie et la France. « En pleine crispation diplomatique, écrit L'Express, le régime algérien franchit une étape en s'en prenant à deux grandes voix de la dissidence à la double nationalité, Kamel Daoud et Boualem Sansal ». « L'arrestation de Boualem Sansal, estime Le Point, s'inscrit dans le cadre de la dégradation des relations entre la France et l'Algérie, à propos du Maroc ».  « Depuis l'été, poursuit l'hebdomadaire, la crise est bien installée entre Alger et Paris, avec la reconnaissance par le président Emmanuel Macron, de la 'marocanité' du Sahara Occidental ». « Comment devrait-on réagir ? » s'indigne un responsable algérien, « Sourire et dire merci à une position qui appuie une politique coloniale du XXIe siècle ? » Ce même responsable, sous couvert de l'anonymat, précise que « l'intégralité territoriale est une ligne rouge. » «  Boualem Sansal, dit-il, peut critiquer comme il veut le système, le manque de démocratie, l'islamisme, draguer l'extrême droite française… mais toucher à la terre algérienne, unie et indivisible, c'est un crime puni par le Code pénal. »Images satellitesÀ lire également dans la presse hebdomadaire cette semaine, un article de M, le supplément du Monde, sur Gaza. « À Gaza », titre M, « un inventaire pour mémoire. Des chercheurs français documentent l'état du patrimoine de l'enclave, classé à l'Unesco, alors que les deux tiers des bâtiments ont déjà été détruits par l'armée israélienne ».  Plutôt que de l'inventaire du patrimoine, il s'agit en fait souvent de « l'état des destructions », réalisé notamment grâce aux images satellites de l'ONU. « Parmi les lieux recensés », nous dit M,  « le souk Al-Qissariya, marché emblématique situé au cœur de la vieille ville de Gaza, ou encore le cinéma An-Nasr, construit en 1956, symbole de l'âge d'or du 7ᵉ art palestinien ». Les chercheurs qui réalisent cet inventaire, expliquent ainsi : « il en va de notre responsabilité d'écrire l'histoire de chacun de ses endroits et d'aider à préparer au mieux leur restauration ou, au minimum, de conserver leur mémoire ».  « L'image satellitaire ouvre une frontière sur l'enclave gazaouie » ajoute M, « à l'heure où 139 journalistes ont été tués par les forces israéliennes dans la bande de Gaza depuis le 7 octobre 2023 et où les médias étrangers sont empêchés d'y entrer ».

durée : 00:12:59 - L'invité d'un jour dans le monde - En Syrie, les frappes israéliennes se multiplient, tandis que, dans le nord-ouest, les forces du régime affrontent des groupes djihadistes.

Een superspannend avontuur waarin Soof en Nasr moeten puzzelen voor hun leven! Uitgegeven door Witte Leeuw Spreker: Lune van der Meulen

Award-winning actress and founder of Pattern Beauty Tracee Ellis Ross didn't see Black beauty being represented well in the market – so she built a company from scratch to fix that. In this episode, she shares entrepreneurial lessons with her longtime friend Samira Nasr, who is editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar. Their conversation was recorded live on stage at the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit.Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.comSubscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Exploitative work conditions faced by Indians in the Middle East is not new, but the recent reports emerging from Saudi Arabia's ambitious $500 billion Neom project are shocking: a recent documentary alleges that 21,000 foreign workers have died and 1,00,000 have gone missing since 2017, while working on projects that are part of the country's Vision 2030 initiative. Earlier this week Nadhmi al-Nasr, the long-time chief executive of the Neom project departed, and while there was no reason stated, reports indicate Mr. al-Nasr had earned a chilling reputation managing workers of the project. But despite sometimes horrific work conditions, multiple deaths and the continuing use of the kafala system, around nine million Indians continue to compete for jobs in the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. India has one of the highest remittances from its citizens working abroad, in the world, with the figure estimated at $111 billion as of 2022. And yet, policies and laws to protect migrant workers are scarce. Why do young Indians continue to go abroad for semi-skilled or unskilled work – are these last-resort options or are they still seen as lucrative employment offers? Why do there continue to remain minimal protections for those who go to these countries? Has the pattern of migration from India changed? And Does the Indian Emigration Act need an overhaul? Guest: Saurabh Bhattacharjee – associate professor, National Law School, Bengaluru and co-director, Centre for Labour Studies Host: Zubeda Hamid

Mentre Spalletti si gode la sua Italia ritrovata, Mancini non se la passa benissimo in Arabia Saudita tra risultati poco entusiasmanti e litigi in conferenza stampa. Con Marco Civoli commentiamo il momento diverso dei due ct. Anche Zangrillo apre all'arrivo di Balotelli al Genoa, intanto, Pogba si dichiara pronto a tornare in campo con la Juventus e anche a ridursi lo stipendio: prenderanno il treno del ritorno? Chiediamo al direttore di Tuttomercatoweb Niccolò Ceccarini.L'ennesimo episodio di Sinner che batte Medvedev questa volta si è giocato nella cornice d'oro del Six Kings Slam, torneo di esibizione tra i migliori del tennis mondiale a Riyadh. Parliamo di questa novità con Stefano Meloccaro di Sky Sport.Con Gionata Ferroni e Roberto Lacorte torniamo su quanto accaduto lo scorso weekend sulla pista di Road Atlanta in Georgia, con Cadillac Racing che rimonta e vince la Petit Le Mans. Il titolo va invece alla Porsche di Nasr e Cameron.

Welcome back to Mastering eCommerce Marketing! Today, our host Eitan Koter is chatting with Adele Nasr, founder of Adele Consulting Group and partner at Synergy Pickleball. Adele has over 20 years of experience in marketing, starting on the agency side and later moving into brand-side marketing, helping big names like 3-Day Blinds, Home Franchise Concepts, and Aventon grow.In this episode, Adele shares how she's helped brands navigate the fast-paced world of digital marketing, emphasizing the importance of truly listening to customers. She talks about building customer-focused organizations, simplifying messaging, and using zero-party data to really understand what your customers need. Adele also touches on the importance of balancing owned and earned media for long-term success.We also get into her latest venture, Synergy Pickleball, where she's doing something unique—offering subscription programs to make it easier for pickleball enthusiasts to get the gear they need. Adele's passion for both marketing and the brands she works with shines through, and there's a lot to learn here about the value of putting customers at the heart of everything you do.So, if you're looking to understand how to grow your brand in today's competitive environment or you just love pickleball, this episode has plenty to offer. Let's jump right in with Eitan and Adele Nasr!Website: https://www.vimmi.netEmail us: info@vimmi.netPodcast website: https://vimmi.net/mastering-ecommerce-marketing/Talk to us on Social:LinkedIn Eitan Koter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eitankoter/LinkedIn Vimmi: https://il.linkedin.com/company/vimmiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VimmiCommunicationsGuest: Adele Nasr, founder of Adele Consulting Group and partner at Synergy PickleballLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelenasr Synergy Pickleball: synergypickleball.comAdele's consulting email: adeleconsulting.com Adele's consulting page: https://brand.page/adeleconsultingWatch the full Youtube video here:https://youtu.be/O6SCGQqSGTYTakeaways:Transparency and authenticity are key in brand communication to build trust with customers.Understanding the customer's perspective and simplifying messaging can improve the connection with the audience.Zero party data, competitor research, and user-generated content are valuable sources of information for marketing strategies.Owned media, such as quality content and helpful resources, should be prioritized alongside paid media.Earned media, including social media presence and user reviews, plays a crucial role in building trust and credibility.Adele's new venture, Synergy...

What does recent research say about the role of perirectal spacers in prostate cancer treatment? In this episode of the BackTable Urology Podcast, host Dr. Jose Silva discusses the use of perirectal spacers for prostate radiotherapy with guests Dr. Eric Chenven, Chief of Urology at Broward Health Medical Center, and Dr. Nadim Nasr, a radiation oncologist at Arlington Radiation Oncology. --- This podcast is supported by: Boston Scientific SpaceOAR Hydrogel https://www.spaceoar.com/about-spaceoar-hydrogel/how-spaceoar-hydrogel-works/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=uro-ph-us-spaceoar-dtp&utm_content=nf-cs-prostatecancer_search_en_us_brand_conversion_dtp_uro-spaceoar-651995397243-res&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw9eO3BhBNEiwAoc0-jTE63KEHSnZ1soXre9ovVRqweY2QctIuZ_iN2QUjk6Px4k6fK1757BoCVNgQAvD_BwE --- SYNPOSIS Their conversation delves into the use of Boston Scientific's SpaceOAR hydrogel to reduce radiation exposure to the rectum. The experts elaborate on the techniques and logistical challenges of placing spacers, as well as their effects on patient outcomes. They also discuss insurance hurdles, use of sedation, fiducial marker placement, and the impact of large prostate size on treatment efficacy. Finally, they touch on Barrigel, the newest spacer option. This episode emphasizes the need for collaboration between urologists and radiation oncologists to improve patient care. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 06:33 - Importance of Perirectal Spacing 11:17 - Techniques and Protocols 13:00 - Barrigel: The New Option 14:58 - Challenges and Practical Considerations 24:55 - Future Directions --- RESOURCES Boston Scientific SpaceOAR https://www.bostonscientific.com/en-US/products/hydrogel-spacers/spaceoar-hydrogel.html URO108 - Minimizing Radiation Therapy Side Effects https://www.backtable.com/shows/urology/podcasts/108/minimizing-radiation-therapy-side-effects URO123 - Perfecting Rectal Spacer Placement for Optimal Care https://www.backtable.com/shows/urology/podcasts/123/perfecting-rectal-spacer-placement-for-optimal-care

Send us a textDer CEO von Aeroplan, Mark Nasr, betont die Bedeutung des Verzichts auf Zusatzgebühren bei Prämienbuchungen. Kunden betrachten Prämienflüge als „Gewinn“ und erwarten keine zusätzlichen Gebühren außer den Steuern. Das Programm wurde mit dem Ziel einer fairen und transparenten Gestaltung überarbeitet. Nasr erklärt, dass das Wegfallen von Zusatzgebühren nicht nur die Kundenzufriedenheit erhöht, sondern auch den Wert der Aeroplan-Punkte steigert und das Programm für Partner und Kunden attraktiver macht. Trotz einer Buchungsgebühr von 39 CAD für Partnerfluggesellschaften ist Nasr überzeugt, dass Aeroplan mit liberalen Routenvorschriften, Flexibilität und einem einfachen Buchungserlebnis eine überzeugende Wertsteigerung bietet.#Aeroplan #Vielflieger #Treueprogramm #Reiseprämien #AirCanada #Reisetipps #PunkteUndMeilen #PrämienreisenFrage des Tages: Ist es richtig kiffen in den Lufthansa Lounges zu verbieten? Brauchen wir eine echte Business Class in Europa? Sollten Meilentickets wieder kostenlos sein, bis auf die “echten” Steuern?00:00 Willkommen zu Frequent Traveller TV01:36 Luftfracht hat Problem mit Brandsätzen in Paketen04:44 Lufthansa verbietet “kiffen” in der Lounge08:12 EU-Kommission schaut sich China Verkehre genauer an13:38 Qantas A321XLR mit echter Business Class18:00 Air Canada Aeroplan-Chef: “Es sollte ein kostenloses Ticket sein”22:30Fragen des TagesTake-OFF 31.08.2024 – Folge 202-2024Stammtisch Termine: https://FQTWorld.as.me/meetupKanalmitglied werden und exklusive Vorteile erhalten:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQyWcZxP3MpuQ54foJ_IsgQ/joinHier geht es zu eurem kostenlosen Consulting Link - https://FTCircle.as.me/Damit Du von unserem Wissen profitieren kannst, kannst du ein mindestens 60 minütiges und vor allem auf dich zugeschnittenes Punkte, Meilen, Status Coaching buchen. Nach dem Call bekommst du ein Jahr Zugang zu dieser Gruppe und zahlst so nur 10 Euro pro Monat und kannst sofort profitieren. Hier ist nun der Link zu deinem neuen Punkte, Meilen und Status Deals.MY SOCIALSWhatsApp - https://wa.me/message/54V7X7VO3WOVF1FACEBOOK | Lars F Corsten - https://www.facebook.com/LFCorsten/FACEBOOK | FQT.TV - https://www.facebook.com/FQTTVFACEBOOK | FTCircle - https://www.facebook.com/FTCircleTWITTER | Lars F Corsten - https://twitter.com/LFCorstenINSTAGRAM | Lars F Corsten - https://www.instagram.com/lfcorsten/LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfcorsten/Clubhouse - @LFCorsten

Ex-Fórmula 1 e destaque do mundo do endurance na IMSA, além das participações nas 24 Horas de Le Mans, o brasileiro Felipe Nasr foi o entrevistado especial da Motorsport.tv Brasil nesta sexta-feira de 6 Horas de São Paulo do WEC. Competidor de enduro da Porsche Penske, o brasiliense fala da vida pós-F1, exalta os campeonatos que disputa atualmente e também analisa a situação de Felipe Drugovich, cujo manager é Amir Nasr, tio de Felipe. Carlos Costa e Guilherme Longo se juntam a Felipe Motta, jornalista da ESPN, no papo.

We'd love your feedback. Let us know what you thought about this episode.With all 12 of Gaza's higher education institutions destroyed by Israeli bombs, what next for students, faculty, and the future of Palestinian learning? In this episode of The Impact Room, host Maysa Jalbout, explores the impact of  the war on higher education in Gaza, on both students and teaching staff, as well as the institutions themselves.We features interviews with academics trying to keep university teaching going, against all the odds, hear personal stories about life under bombardment, and offers practical ways everyone can help counter the educide.This episode was recorded on Thursday June 27 – day 265 of the conflict.  If you haven't already, make sure you listen to our earlier interviews with Palestinian medic Dr Ghassen Abu Sittah, and PCRF founder, Steve Sosebee.Education is central to Palestinian identity and has been an active form of resilience for a people who have for generations had their homes, rights, and livelihoods stolen. It is well known that despite all the challenges of living under occupation, literacy rates in Gaza are among the highest in the world.In a bid to keep people learning, An Najah National University in the West Bank, in partnership with UNIMED, the Mediterranean Universities Union, and the Palestinian Student Scholarship Fund (PSSF), is spearheading an initiative to share technology and resources to create an e-learning scheme for students in Gaza.The main aim, explains Dr Saida Affouneh, An Najah's dean of the Faculty of Education, is to keep students and lectures in Gaza to protect the long-term health of institutions and stem the brain drain out of Palestine.Dr Ihab Nasr, the Dean of Applied Medical Sciences at Al Alzhar University, is one of many academics who has chosen to leave Gaza. He spoke to The Impact Room from Edmonton, Canada, where he has moved to begin a new life with his wife and five children. Dr Nasr is currently teaching nutrition modules via Birzeit University in the West Bank as part of the Rebuilding Hope initiative. Also working to support students in Gaza is Professor Mahmoud Loubani, a UK-based cardiothoracic surgeon and chair of PalMed Academy, a branch of PalMed Europe, which promotes better healthcare for Palestinians at home and overseas. In March this year, PalMed Academy launched the Gaza Educate Medics (GEM) initiative to establish a virtual medical college, leveraging the expertise of volunteering academics and consultants worldwide to educate Gaza's medical students. Brian Cox was reading “If I must die”, the last poem written by Palestinan academic Refaat Alareer. The Impact Room is brought to you by Philanthropy Age and Maysa Jalbout. Find us on social media @PhilanthropyAge

In this Episode: LindaAnn Rogers, Tom Bradshaw, Dr. Matthew Lampe, Dr. Martha Grajdek, Ian Siderits, Rich Cruz, and Lee Crowson   Visit Us: https://www.seboc.com/ Follow Us on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/sebocLI Join an Open-Mic Event: https://www.seboc.com/events   References Emanuel, N., & Harrington, E. (2023). Working remotely? Selection, treatment, and the market for remote work. Selection, Treatment, and the Market for Remote Work (June 2023). FRB of New York Staff Report, (1061). Langemeier, K., & Tito, M. D. (2022). The ability to work remotely: Measures and implications. Review of Economic Analysis, 14(2), 319-333. Smite, D., Moe, N. B., Hildrum, J., Gonzalez-Huerta, J., & Mendez, D. (2023). Work-from-home is here to stay: Call for flexibility in post-pandemic work policies. Journal of Systems and Software, 195, 111552. Soga, L. R., Bolade-Ogunfodun, Y., Mariani, M., Nasr, R., & Laker, B. (2022). Unmasking the other face of flexible working practices: A systematic literature review. Journal of Business Research, 142, 648-662. Sulaymonov, A. (2020). Flexible working practices: urgency or future?. Modern Economy, 11(07), 1342.

Na noite desta sexta-feira, a Motorsport.tv Brasil aproveita o bom clima antes do fim de semana para 'resenhar' sobre as 24 Horas de Le Mans, realizadas no fim de semana anterior na França. Rico Penteado, ex-chefe de motores da Renault F1, esteve em La Sarthe para acompanhar a corrida e traz os destaques de lá neste bate-papo especial com Carlos Costa e Guilherme Longo. Também na pauta, as 6 Horas de São Paulo.COMPRE SEU INGRESSO PARA AS 6 HORAS DE SÃO PAULO - https://6hsp.byinti.com/

This conversation with functional medicine expert Dr. Nasr Al Jafari absolutely blew me away!.Dr Nasr is the medical director and functional medicine doctor at DNA Health And Wellness Clinic and In this conversation Dr Nas dispels myths around diets, intermittent fasting, Ozempic and everything in between when it comes to optimising our health and potentially living longer.With more than 20-years' experience and working with some of the worlds renowned physicians, Dr Nas has created the DNA Method, leading a team of doctors applying science-based, researched-backed tools to deliver cutting-edge insights and treatments, empowering patients attain optimal health and longevity. He literally know EVERYTHING you need to know about longevity and how to achieve optimal health.This was such a fascinating conversation, one that was full of insights and simple  actionable takeaways to implement no matter your age or stage in life. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ittakesavillage.me?igsh=NHZ4cDkzaWZweGZy&utm_source=qrDr Nasr Al Jafari https://www.instagram.com/dr_nas_wellness?igsh=ZzU4N3NucHVnMHNqDNA Health And Wellness Clinic https://www.instagram.com/dnahealthclinics?igsh=MWIzb3ZoZXhvdnBvNA==

Have you ever followed an artist down the street or loved them so much they were a part of everyday dinner conversation? I hope so. This week I talked to A&R rep, a real professional, Caterina Nasr about face melting fandom and of course One Direction. Follow Cat on Instagram!Listen to all the songs mentioned on the podcast on the official season 2 playlist!This podcast is hosted by Ashley Hamilton and produced by Bug Anne. Perfect cover art by @helloadrianne. 

Nancy Nasr is the Founder of Think Stunning, a boutique located in Southcentre Mall that offers Women, Baby, and home accessories made and designed by women. In 2017 with a vision of helping women feel great about themselves with fun and stylish accessories, Think Stunning became a brick-and-mortar store. Each accessory is carefully curated and crafted, and it tells a story written by the incredible women she has had the privilege to collaborate with, each bringing a unique touch to its collections. Think Stunning has overcome many challenges, and has moved with resilience to adapt to different markets. In essence, Nasr is creating a movement by giving women a platform to shine and offering exceptional products. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

A drone strike by an Iran-backed militant group, which resulted in the deaths of three U.S. service members, threatens to push the Middle East into a wider regional conflict. Iran has distanced itself from the attack, while President Biden has said that the U.S. will respond. Middle East experts Vali Nasr and Sanam Vakil join Ravi Agrawal to discuss what Tehran might be thinking at this moment. Nasr is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Vakil is the director of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa program. Suggested reading: Jack Detsch: 3 Options for How Biden Could Respond to Iran Adam Weinstein and Steven Simon: U.S. Troops Are Dangerously Vulnerable in the Middle East Ravi Agrawal: Ian Bremmer: Attack on U.S. Troops a ‘Red Line' for Biden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 Rolex 24-Hour Winner Dane Cameron stepped away from celebrating to talk with The Freaks Sunday night. Cameron drove with Felipe Nasr, Josef Newgarden, and Matt Campbell to get the dramatic win after a fate changing pit stop by the Team Penske Pit Crew Team. Nasr was driving at the end. He came in to the stop in second and went out first to drive to the victory over Action Express driver Tom Blomquist who was trying for his third straight win. For team owner Roger Penske, it was his first Rolex 24 win since 1969. Listen...

Alors qu'Israël poursuit son offensive meurtrière sur Gaza, un pays limitrophe assiste avec inquiétude et colère au conflit : la Jordanie. Depuis 1948 et la création de l'état hébreu, le royaume hachémite a reçu plusieurs centaines de milliers de réfugiés palestiniens, à tel point qu'aujourd'hui, ils représentent plus de la moitié de la population. De notre correspondante de retour de Zarqa,À une trentaine de kilomètres au nord de la capitale Amman, Zarqa a vu naître le premier camp de réfugiés palestiniens de Jordanie en 1949. Aujourd'hui, 75 ans plus tard, 21 000 habitants y vivent dans des immeubles vétustes.Nasr Nasr, 53 ans, a grandi dans le camp. Il est un descendant de réfugiés venus de Jaffa en 1948, lors de la « Nakba », l'exil de 750 000 palestiniens considéré comme la grande catastrophe. Il est d'origine palestinienne et a la nationalité jordanienne. Comme l'immense majorité, il est devenu citoyen jordanien. Une situation exceptionnelle au Moyen-Orient où les palestiniens n'ont pas été intégrés dans leur pays d'accueil. « Je bénéficie de tous les droits des citoyens jordaniens, témoigne Nasr Nasr. C'est pour cela que quand on me demande qui je suis, je réponds que je suis – comme qui dirait – Jordostinien. »Très attaché à la transmission de la mémoire, Nasr a conservé un album de photo de ses grands-parents. Il aime partager ces souvenirs avec sa fille Nowar, 22 ans. « Cette photo a été prise sur la plage de Jaffa, montre-t-il. Elle date de 1946. Toutes les photos qui sont dans cet album ont été prises par mes grands-parents. »« Nous vivons ici en Jordanie comme dans notre seconde maison, témoigne à son tour Nowar. Ce n'est pas vraiment chez nous. C'est vrai que j'ai vécu 22 ans en Jordanie, mais je rêve de vivre en Palestine. Même si je n'y suis pas née, la Palestine reste le chemin à suivre. »À lire aussiEn Jordanie, le mouvement palestinien Hamas gagne en popularité« Nous restons des réfugiés, nous sommes comme des invités en Jordanie »Un chemin à suivre au nom du droit au retour censé être garanti par le droit international. La Résolution 194 des Nations Unies votée en 1948 n'a depuis jamais été respectée par Israël.En attendant, Nasr et sa fille bénéficient de tous les avantages de la nationalité jordanienne, mais d'autres sont toujours considérés comme des étrangers. Bassam el-Hawajreh est originaire de la bande de Gaza. Comme lui, 160 000 Gazaouis n'ont jamais obtenu la citoyenneté jordanienne, car ils sont arrivés dans le royaume plus tard, après la guerre des Six Jours de 1967. « Ici, nous restons des réfugiés, nous sommes comme des invités en Jordanie, rapporte-t-il. Dès qu'il se passe quelque chose en Palestine, je me sens palestinien. Quand je dois faire des papiers, je me sens comme un réfugié. »Bloqués dans les limbes de l'administration, les Gazaouis n'ont pas le droit de travailler dans la fonction publique, pas d'accès à l'assurance maladie et doivent payer des frais bien supérieurs à leurs moyens pour faire des études universitaires.À lire aussi« On partage leur souffrance »: les Palestiniens de Cisjordanie solidaires des victimes de Gaza

Embark on an intellectual journey into the realm of Sufism. Explore the intricate history, philosophical underpinnings, and mystical practices that have shaped this fascinating tradition. Join me as we delve into the topic of Sufi mysticism, shedding light on its profound impact on Islam & its history.Sources/Recomended Reading: Abu-n Nasr, Jamil M. (2007). "Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life". C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. "Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufism - Al-Risala Al Qushayriyya Fi 'ilm Al-Tasawwuf". Translated by Alexander Knysh. 2020. The Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization. Avery, Kenneth S. (2004). "A Psychology of Early Sufi Sama: Listening and altered states". Routledge. Casewit, Yousef (2017). "The Mystics of al-Andalus: Ibn Barrajan and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century". Cambridge University Press. Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination". Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press. Cornell, Vincent J. (1998). "Realm of the Saint: Power and Authority in Moroccan Sufism". University of Texas Press. Caner Dagli (translated by) (2004). Ibn 'Arabi - "The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Great Books of the Islamic World. Kazi Pubns Inc.Ernst, Carl W. & Bruce B. Lawrence (2003). "Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and beyond". Palgrave Macmillan. Homerin, Emil (Translated by) (2001). "'Umar Ibn al-Farid: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life". Classics of Western Spirituality. Paulist Press. Homerin, Emil (2019). "Aisha al-Ba'uniyya: A Life in Praise of Love". Makers of the Muslim World Series. Oneworld Publications. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2006). God's Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Middle Period 1200-1550. Oneworld Publications. Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2007). "Sufism - the formative period". Edinburgh University Press. Knysh, Alexander (2000). "Islamic Mysticism: A Short History". Brill. Knysh, Alexander (2019). "Sufism: A New History of Islamic Mysticism". Princeton University Press. Lewis, Franklin D. (2000). "Rumi: Past and Present, East and West". Oneworld publications. Malik, Jamal & John Hinnells (ed.) (2006). "Sufism in the West". Routledge.Ridgeon, Lloyd (ed.) (2015). "The Cambridge Companion to Sufism". Cambridge University Press. Schimmel, Annemarie (1975). "Mystical Dimensions of Islam". The University of North Carolina Press. Van Bruinessen, Martin & Julia Day Howell (ed). (2007). "Sufism and the Modern in Islam". I.B. Tauris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the web version of Foreign Exchanges, but did you know you can get it delivered right to your inbox? Sign up today:TODAY IN HISTORYDecember 2, 1805: At the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon wins what was arguably his greatest victory against a larger joint Russian-Austrian army. The Allies suffered 36,000 dead/wounded/captured compared with only 9000 for the French. The French victory was so complete that not only did it end the War of the Third Coalition, it allowed Napoleon to create the Confederation of the Rhine among the German states that had become French clients. Emperor Francis II was then forced to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire, which had been in existence continuously since 962 and traced its origins back to Charlemagne's coronation as “emperor of the Romans” in 800.December 2, 1942: Enrico Fermi and his team create the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction at “Chicago Pile-1,” a rudimentary reactor built under the campus of the University of Chicago. This was the first milestone achievement for the Manhattan Project in its race to build a nuclear bomb before Nazi Germany.December 3, 1971: The Pakistani military undertakes preemptive airstrikes against several Indian military installations, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, itself the final phase of the Bangladesh Liberation War. India was preparing to enter the war on Bangladesh's side anyway, so when I say these strikes were “preemptive” I am not using that term in the phony, George W. Bush “hey they might attack us someday, you never know” sense of the term. The war, to put it mildly, was a complete disaster for the Pakistanis, who were forced to surrender a scant 13 days later and had to give up their claims on “East Pakistan” (Bangladesh) while suffering around a third of their military killed, wounded, or captured. In one of Henry Kissinger's more notorious acts, the Nixon administration opted to support Pakistan despite evidence of its armed forces committing major atrocities against Bangladeshi civilians.December 3, 1984: A Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, spews toxic methyl isocyanate gas overnight, resulting in the deaths of between 3800 and 16,000 people and causing injury to at least 558,000 more. Union Carbide maintains that the leak was caused by deliberate sabotage, though Indian courts subsequently found several officials at the plant guilty of negligence. The “Bhopal Disaster” remains one of the worst industrial catastrophes in history and its adverse effects are still being felt by people in that region to the present day.MIDDLE EASTISRAEL-PALESTINEThe Israeli military (IDF) was advancing on the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Sunday, with Hamas officials and residents both reporting indications of nearby fighting and the IDF later confirming that it has sent ground forces into southern Gaza. The IDF has been ordering civilians to evacuate the eastern reaches of Khan Younis, and of course it's posted a helpful interactive map on its website that warns civilians of imminent danger provided those civilians have reliable internet access and haven't lost their special IDF secret decoder rings. Residents of Khan Younis will likely move further south to Rafah, though that city is also under heavy IDF bombardment so it's not really safe either. Israeli officials say the IDF struck more than 400 targets over the weekend, and the official Gazan death toll had risen at last check to 15,523. The real death toll may be substantially higher, given the likelihood of bodies that haven't yet been recovered and the closure of most of the hospitals that were handling casualties.Elsewhere:* Aid shipments into Gaza have resumed. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society says that 100 truckloads of aid entered the territory from Egypt on Saturday and I believe the aim was to bring in a similar number of trucks on Sunday though I have not seen any information yet as to whether that was accomplished.* The Biden administration may be “pressing” Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations, as White House spokes-ghoul John Kirby told NBC on Sunday, but there's no indication it's having any success. After the ceasefire collapsed on Friday the Israeli government recalled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, and for Hamas's part the Islamist group's political wing has sworn off any future prisoner swaps “until the war ends.”* The administration is continuing to send large quantities of ordinance to the IDF, including massive “bunker buster” bombs. So any claim that it's really pushing the Israeli government to negotiate a ceasefire or even demonstrate greater discernment in its bombardments really doesn't hold up terribly well.* Israel Hayom is reporting that “key figures” in the US Congress have been shown the text of a “new initiative” that would condition future US aid to Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, and Yemen (all of which it identified as “Arab states,” which would be news to the Turks) on the willingness of governments in those four states to enable the ethnic cleansing of Gaza by taking in refugees. That same outlet has also reported (in Hebrew, so here's a summary from Ryan Grim) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Minister of Strategic Planning Ron Dermer to put together a plan to “thin the population in Gaza to a minimum,” which if nothing else is an incredible euphemism. The Biden administration has rejected any forced and/or permanent relocation of Gazan civilians, a point that Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated during her visit to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai over the weekend. But it perhaps could be sold on the idea of a “voluntary” (in quotes because in reality it would be anything but) evacuation that is characterized as temporary even if there's no real intention to ever let the evacuees return.* The Guardian says its reporting has confirmed the findings of that bombshell +972 Magazine piece from a few days ago, which reported that the IDF has been using an AI system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”) to identify targets under a process that's been likened to a “mass assassination factory.” The system is producing targets faster than the IDF can attack them, including private homes where the likelihood of civilian casualties is high. Israeli officials are apparently insisting that the AI is programmed to minimize civilian risk, an assertion that cannot be squared with the high number of civilian casualties incurred so far in this conflict.* Israeli settler mobs attacked two West Bank villages in separate incidents on Saturday, killing at least one Palestinian in one of those attacks. The human rights organization Yesh Din says it's catalogued some 225 settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7, resulting in at least nine deaths.* On a somewhat related note, one of the people killed in last Thursday's shooting in East Jerusalem turns out to have been an Israeli civilian who shot and killed the two Hamas attackers and then was mistakenly gunned down by Israeli soldiers. Video footage apparently shows the man disarming, kneeling, and opening his shirt to demonstrate to the soldiers that he was not a threat, but one of them killed him anyway. The incident has raised issues regarding the trigger happiness of Israeli security forces and the wisdom of the Israeli government's armed vigilante program, which in addition to risking civilian Palestinian deaths also risks more “friendly fire” shootings like this one.* The Washington Post published a story this weekend about the hasty evacuation of al-Nasr Children's Hospital in northern Gaza last month. Without going into some of the grislier details, the staff was forced to evacuate by the IDF and left behind four premature infants who likely would not have survived relocation. They say Israeli officials told them the infants would be taken out in Red Cross ambulances but apparently they were left to die and, eventually, decompose. Reporters discovered their remains during the ceasefire. Israeli officials insist that they never ordered al-Nasr's evacuation and have questioned the veracity of the story, despite video evidence and a recording of a phone call that the IDF itself released in which an Israeli official appears to acknowledge the need to rescue patients from the facility. The Red Cross says it never agreed to assist the evacuation and that conditions in northern Gaza would have made it impossible for its personnel to get to al-Nasr to retrieve the infants.* I mention the al-Nasr story because it strikes me as especially galling. In general I'm trying not to focus heavily on individual atrocities or allegations of atrocities in compiling these newsletters—there would be no space for anything else otherwise. I hope readers don't mistake that for apathy about any of these stories, going back to and including the atrocities committed/allegedly committed by Gazan militants on October 7 (I know cases of sexual violence have been receiving heavy coverage of late). I feel my role here is to try to provide an overview and for me that means keeping some distance from specific events. I'm sure I don't do that consistently but it is my aim.SYRIAAccording to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that Saturday morning Israeli missile attack in the vicinity of Damascus killed at least two of its personnel who were in Syria on an “advisory” mission. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the strikes killed two Syrians who were affiliated with Hezbollah as well as two foreigners, presumably these IRGC members, while wounding five other people.YEMENHouthi rebels in northern Yemen fired a barrage of missiles and drones at ships in the Red Sea on Sunday. The group damaged three commercial ships and also fired at least three drones at the US naval destroyer USS Carney, which shot the projectiles down. There's no indication of any casualties and two of the vessels reported only minor damage (I'm unsure as to the status of the third). I would not be surprising if the US military were to retaliate against the Houthis in the near future, and there is a genuine risk that this could lead to a full-blown resumption of the Yemen war—though of course that would require Saudi Arabia's involvement.IRAQIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaʿ al-Sudani reportedly told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a phone conversation on Saturday that Baghdad does not appreciate the US military carrying out attacks on Iraqi soil. The US attacked two Iraqi militia-linked targets on November 22 (during this newsletter's holiday pause), “killing nine pro-Iran fighters” in retaliation for attacks against US personnel according to AFP. Those attacks tapered off during the Gaza ceasefire, but as we know that ceasefire is no longer operative.On Sunday, US forces carried out a drone strike on a militia target in Iraq's Kirkuk province, killing at least five people and wounding five more. There was initially no indication as to responsibility (though one didn't exactly have to be Sherlock Holmes to solve this caper), but the US military later confirmed that it was responsible and characterized the strike as preempting “an imminent threat.”ASIAPAKISTANUnspecified gunmen attacked a bus in northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region late Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 26 others. The bus driver was among those killed, along with the driver of a truck with which the bus collided. There's been no claim of responsibility and the main body of the Pakistani Taliban has taken the rare step of denying any involvement.PHILIPPINESA bombing targeting a Catholic mass killed at least four people and left several others wounded on the campus of Mindanao State University in the southern Philippine city of Marawi on Sunday. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. The previous day, the Philippine military said its forces killed at least 11 jihadist militants in nearby Maguindanao province in an attack targeting “suspected leaders and armed followers of the Dawla Islamiyah [i.e. ‘Islamic State'] and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters” to borrow the AP's verbiage. I don't know whether Sunday's bombing was planned in advance or was intended as a direct retaliation for Saturday's incident.AFRICAGUINEA-BISSAUThe president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, characterized Thursday night's gun battle between elements of the National Guard and his Presidential Palace Battalion as an “attempted coup” in comments to reporters on Saturday. Embaló had been out of the country attending the COP28 summit when the incident took place and said it had delayed his return to Bissau. National Guard commander Victor Tchongo is now in government custody, but Embaló appeared to suggest that there were other coup plotters behind Tchongo and said he would open an investigation into the incident on Monday. The National Guard is part of the Interior Ministry, which AFP says is “dominated” by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAICG). That party, which won June's parliamentary election and now controls the government, is opposed to Embaló.BURKINA FASOThe military governments of Burkina Faso and Niger announced on Saturday that they are both withdrawing from the G5 Sahel regional counterinsurgency force. That group was formed in 2014 with the aim of pooling resources to battle the various jihadist groups that were threatening Sahelian governments. It began deploying joint forces a couple of years later, but as you might already have concluded it's had minimal impact on the region's jihadist crisis. Mali's ruling junta quit last year, so of the original five member states only Mauritania and Nigeria still remain.ETHIOPIAOfficials in Ethiopia's Oromian regional government have accused the rebel Oromo Liberation Army of killing at least 36 civilians in attacks on three villages that took place on November 24 and 27. The OLA apparently hasn't commented and there's no confirmation of the government claim, but the alleged attacks took place not long after another round of peace talks between the OLA and Ethiopian government broke down, so it's conceivable the group decided to lash out in that moment. The OLA was formed as the military wing of the Oromo Liberation Front in the 1970s but broke away from the group's political leadership when the latter reached a peace accord with the Ethiopian government in 2018. It frequently attacks non-Oromo communities in Oromia, though authorities have only said that the victims of these attacks were Orthodox Christians without reference to ethnicity.EUROPEUKRAINERussian military operations in eastern Ukraine may have hit a couple of speed bumps over the weekend. For one thing, reports that emerged on Friday suggesting that the Russians had seized the town of Maryinka, southwest of the city of Donetsk, appear to have been a bit premature. Ukrainian forces are reportedly still in control of some parts of the town, including a coking plant, though that may change in relatively short order of course. Elsewhere, the Ukrainian military claimed on Saturday that Russian attacks on the city of Avdiivka had completely ceased for a full day. That too could change in a hurry, and indeed may already have changed by the time you read this, but it suggests the Russians were at least regrouping after spending the previous several days in what seemed like intense fighting to try to take the city.The Ukrainian government says it's investigating a claim that Russian soldiers summarily executed two surrendering Ukrainian military personnel. Details are minimal but there's a video of this alleged incident circulating on social media. Needless to say, intentionally killing surrendering soldiers is a war crime.FRANCEA knife-wielding attacker killed one German tourist and wounded two other people near Paris's Eiffel Tower late Saturday. The attacker is a French national who was on a French government “watch list,” had apparently pledged allegiance to Islamic State, and was also “known for having psychiatric disorders” according to Reuters. He cited the conflict in Gaza, among other triggers, to police after his arrest.AMERICASBRAZILBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Sunday that he has no intention of bringing Brazil into full membership in the OPEC+ bloc and would stick to “observer” status only, one day after he somewhat incoherently told reporters that he wanted to join the group of major oil producing nations to try to encourage them to stop producing oil. OPEC+ extended a membership offer to Brazil on Thursday, which I gather has raised some eyebrows given Lula's stated commitment to combating climate change. Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras, is continuing to pursue new oil exploration, also despite Lula's climate change position, though he says his aim is to invest oil profits in non-fossil fuel energy alternatives (and to encourage OPEC+ nations to do likewise). Oil remains the cause of, and solution to, all of humanity's problems.VENEZUELAVenezuelans, or at least the ones who participated, apparently voted overwhelmingly in Sunday's referendum to support their country's territorial claim on western Guyana's Essequibo region. Election officials said that the vote was 95 percent in favor for all of its five clauses—the most contentious of which was a question about whether or not to declare Essequibo a new Venezuelan state and extend citizenship to its residents—though there's not much insight as to turnout. There's no indication that the Venezuelan government is planning any imminent steps to try to actualize its claim on Essequibo but the referendum has nevertheless caused some consternation in Guyana and internationally.UNITED STATESFinally, HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed offers some welcome reassurance that the worst Middle East “expert” in Washington is still central to the Biden administration's regional policy:Four men in Washington shape America's policy in the Middle East. Three are obvious: President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. The fourth is less well-known, despite his huge sway over the other three ― and despite his determination to keep championing policies that many see as fueling bloodshed in Gaza and beyond.His name is Brett McGurk. He's the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and he's one of the most powerful people in U.S. national security.McGurk crafts the options that Biden considers on issues from negotiations with Israel to weapon sales for Saudi Arabia. He controls whether global affairs experts within the government ― including more experienced staff at the Pentagon and the State Department ― can have any impact, and he decides which outside voices have access to White House decision-making conversations. His knack for increasing his influence is the envy of other Beltway operators. And he has a clear vision of how he thinks American interests should be advanced, regarding human rights concerns as secondary at best, according to current and former colleagues and close observers.Indeed, even though McGurk has spent nearly 20 years giving bad advice about the Middle East to a succession of US presidents—and even though his fixation on Saudi-Israeli normalization at Palestinian expense may have helped trigger the October 7 attacks—his influence today appears to be greater than it's ever been. I'm sure that makes all of us feel a little better.Thanks for reading! Foreign Exchanges is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Among the key qualities everyone wants in their healthcare providers is a love of learning and desire to serve others. That's why we at Osmosis are confident Dr. Lewis Nasr will be a great physician and why we chose him to be the first guest in a new series of interviews on Raise the Line we're calling “Next Gen Journeys.” The series will highlight fresh perspectives on medical education and the future of healthcare offered by students and recent graduates from around the globe. Starting with Dr. Nasr is a natural choice because of the many contributions he's made to Osmosis over the last several years including service in the Osmosis Medical Education Fellowship program and being a key contributor to our Year of the Zebra initiative. In this engaging conversation with host Hillary Acer, Lewis brings the perspective of medical students trying to learn in very challenging circumstances in which their personal safety and access to basic needs can be at risk. “It's another layer of obstacles that you have to get through. This gives international students a resilience and adaptability that they can bring to clinical practice.” Lewis also discusses his interest in hematology-oncology and reflects on entering the field at a time of remarkable clinical and technical advancements. “It's exciting to see cancer go from what is perceived as a death sentence to something manageable. I really hope to be part of the scientific wave of making cancer history.” We have no doubt that he will be, and neither will you after hearing from this thoughtful, compassionate young physician. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.osmosis.org/worldhttps://www.osmosis.org/zebrahttps://www.mdanderson.org/

In today's episode of Building Texas Business, I chat with Rafael Nasr, the man behind Craft Pita. Rafael shares his fascinating journey in the food industry, from starting his first business at a young age to launching Craft Pita. He talks about his experiences running a food truck and working for other businesses, emphasising the value of community involvement. We also discussed his perspective on private equity and assembly-line restaurants and how these experiences shaped him as an entrepreneur. It's an inspiring discussion with a successful food industry leader. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Rafael Nasr the founder of Craft Pita, began his entrepreneurial journey at 20 with a food truck, which was a learning experience in managing all aspects of a business and the importance of choosing the right business partner. He worked in various roles in the food industry before opening Craft Pita, learning about the importance of being part of a community, the impact of private equity, and the challenges of assembly style models. When opening Craft Pita, Nase had the goal of creating a scalable concept, planning from day one to open multiple locations. The name Craft Pita was chosen to reflect the restaurant's focus on quality and to clearly communicate the type of cuisine to potential customers. Rafael believes that hiring decisions are crucial in the restaurant industry, looking for a high hospitality quotient for front of house staff and attention to detail and quality for back of house staff. The company culture at Craft Pita is centered around sharing culture through food, creating an atmosphere where guests feel like they are walking into a family home. He had to adapt quickly to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, transforming the restaurant into a drive-through and offering additional products such as cleaning supplies and produce boxes. As a leader, Nasr believes in being in the trenches with his team and also knowing when to step back and let them do their own thing. He emphasizes the importance of empathy, awareness, and adaptability in leadership. We discuss the challenges of managing a team with diverse ages, backgrounds, and perspectives, emphasizing the need to individualize leadership styles. The podcast episode concludes with Nasser sharing his plans for a third Kraft Pita location and discussing the financial and legal implications of business expansion. LINKSShow Notes Previous Episodes About BoyarMiller GUESTS Rafael NasrAbout Rafael TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Chris: In this episode you'll meet Rafael Nasr, founder of Kraft Pita. Rafi is growing a fast-casual restaurant concept with the goal of sharing culture through food. Rafi, I want to thank you for joining me here on the podcast. First, I just want to start with tell us who your, what your business is, what are you known for? Rafael:Yes, I am the owner and operator of Kraft Pita. We have two restaurants here in the Houston area, One in the Briar Grove Tanglewood Galleria area on San Felipe and Foundview, and we just opened our second location last November over on Buffalo. Speedway in West Park, here in the West U area, very close to y'all's office. Chris: Yeah, and I'm grateful for that, by the way. So I've heard a little bit, but I want to hear from you. Tell us what inspired you to start Kraft Pita. Rafael: Yes, so I'm a first-generation Lebanese, peruvian American. My father is from Northern Lebanon, and I spent my summers visiting my grandmother in Lebanon. My family has a restaurant business there as well, and so I spent a lot of my summers, you know, hanging out in my uncle's restaurant, always around food. I was the kind of kid classic story of grabbing scraps off the table at my grandma's house while the other kids are playing. You know, my sisters wanted to go to the beach and I wanted to go find the best shawarma possible. Chris: Okay, so that was the origin of my interest in the business when I was at Texas. Rafael: Christian University studying entrepreneurial management. I actually opened a food truck while I was in school, so I started my first business when I was 20 years old. It was basically a late night business for all the college kids after they got back home from the bars, soaking up a little of what they had enjoyed at the bars. So, as a university, this is a safety thing you guys need. And I sold my business because I wanted to graduate on time and TCU is not a cheap school by any means and worked for several other businesses but kind of, while all that was going on, working for other restaurants. Chris:I knew I wanted to open my own restaurant. Rafael: I saw an opportunity here in the Houston market for a higher quality Middle Eastern Mediterranean food. Chris: Okay, I love the idea that you started your first business when you were 20. Yeah, tell us, what was that like? Rafael: That was insane. I would go to class from 8am until 3.30. I would prep food from 3.30 to 5.30. And I would serve from about 6pm until 2am. Luckily I found my girlfriend slash wife right before I started the business, because my social life kind of took a back seat. So it was, you know, I didn't go to college anticipating being in the restaurant business, but it taught me what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I can tell you it was a lot cheaper than my degree, but it was a really valuable lesson in what it takes as an entrepreneur to wear all hats in a business, and I learned that very early on in my career and it set me on for a great path to eventually own craft beer. Chris: Yeah. So let's talk about kind of the things, that lessons you learned. You know doing that food truck, and then you get the idea for craft pita. What were you doing before that? And then what sparked you to kind of take the step to go on your own again? Rafael: Yeah. So lessons I learned owning my food truck tell you a very valuable one. I didn't have a great partner. You know that was part of the reason I wanted to get out of the business and I think that was a really valuable lesson I learned super early in my career and I think that's a valuable lesson for any entrepreneur is that when you choose who you're doing business with, it's like you're getting into a marriage. Chris: Right. Rafael: And I also learned that you know when you are starting a small business, particularly in the food side of the industry. You have to do as much as humanly possible yourself, because labor is your biggest expense. And I was in school and owning a business. I think if I was just running the business, I could have been more profitable. Things could have gone better. That was a valuable lesson I learned. I think everyone has a study. Oh, I want to, you know, invest in a restaurant. I want to bar, do this and it'd be cool. But I also want to do what I'm doing. This is a all in business. Gotcha and obviously now I'm all in. Chris: Look, I think what you say is right. I'll say I'm not sure it's much different for most businesses. If you're really going to be in it as the entrepreneur, owner, founder, you have to be all in for sure. Rafael: And especially that applies to business. Where business is, where you know human capital is the business you know you're. You need hands to to prepare something, you need hands to to serve something. And after that I came back here to Houston. I worked for a family friend over a Island Grill. Oh sure, yeah, I worked for a phasal, helped him open up his bunker hill store, worked there for about a year and I learned a lot working there. You know I learned that being a member of a community, being in neighborhood, a restaurant and shaking hands and kissing babies is a big part of being successful in this industry. I also worked for him to also gauge what Houston's interests were in the cuisine and Mediterranean food. After that I went to go work for a company called Bert's Cabot, which it was a Chipotle style Middle Eastern restaurant Okay, and they were opening up several units very fast to MBA guys out of UT and when I worked for them it was amazing they're growing really fast. But I also saw the negatives of what happens when private equity gets involved and their only priority is opening as many units as possible. I also learned that the assembly style, chipotle style model was not something I wanted to do for Kraft Pita. I thought it was something I wanted to do, but it's kind of hard to convey quality and translate that when you're going through an assembly, style, model, concept right. And I knew at Kraft Pita I wanted to be a better quality than like a sublayer Chipotle or any of those things. I also learned from them that branding is a really important thing. They, when I joined them, they were Bert's Cabot, then they were Bert's and then they became New Mediterranean and there was Turkish donor kebabs that are influenced by German food and I just learned that you don't have much time to translate what your food is to people especially when you're not selling American food. Chris: It sounds like they had an identity crisis. Rafael: It was an identity crisis and literally sometimes it was honestly just the name. You know your name is so important when you're in the food business and you can be kitschy, you can be cute, but when people read your name or need to type it into a web browser or into a social media search bar, it's got to be clear and has to be concise and has to translate what the product is. Chris: Yeah, sounds like you had an immense amount of learning in just a few years. Rafael: That was just two years and at the time my wife she's still in tech sales she moved to Austin so I followed her over there and I tried to get into fine dining. No one would hire me in any of the fine dining restaurants because of my past casual experience and taking two jobs in two years, so I ended up taking a job with Poppus at Popocitos I'm 35 in Austin and I stayed there for about three and a half years. I thought about going to culinary school but I already spent a lot of money on my degree and I decided to go work for Poppus because, being here in Houston, everybody knows the weight that name holds and also their management training is probably the best in the country when it comes to the hospitality industry. Chris: They're definitely known for that. Rafael: And they're known for that from outside of the industry when it comes to management, and I decided to go work for them, because why am I going to go to culinary school when I can go to restaurant school and they'll pay me? Chris: for it. Rafael: So that was an amazing opportunity I learned they have you start off as a busser and then a server, then a bartender, then a front of house manager, then you're a kitchen manager and when you get in the kitchen they have you work the fry line, then the grill line, make salads. They really. I learned there that as a manager, if you want to gain the respect of people that you're managing, you have to be able to do the job. You probably want to do it as well as them, but you have to know how to do it. Sure, I mean, there there was guys working the grill that were as old as I was. They've been working there for as long as they've been alive, right. So it's one thing to manage a few people, but then when you're a restaurant like that and you're managing 40 people at once, it really taught me everything I need to know to be ready to go my own. Chris: So you mentioned the importance of branding. So what was it that led you to Kraftpita True Mediterranean and to develop the concept that you came up with? Rafael: So funny story about the name Kraftpita. I'd actually come up with it before we opened our food truck. We ended up not using the name and one day in Austin we had been brainstorming what we would call the restaurant, whatever. My wife brought the name up and she said what about Kraftpita? And I was like that's a great name. What did you think of that? She said you came up with it 10 years ago. Chris: You were forgotten. Rafael: I had forgotten. I'm like man. I'm so glad my wife remembered. Chris: And again. Well, let me pause there For those that were at TCU late night what was the food truck? Rafael: called. So the food truck is again an example of bad branding. It was called Mediterranean Chunky Monkey. This was my partner's idea and actually funny story. We had gotten a cease and desist letter from Ben and Jerry's for the name because they owned the rights to all food products that have the words chunky and monkey next to it. I wish I would have known you then. Maybe you could have held down. Chris: The other important having a good legal team right yes, exactly. Rafael: But to that point I told, hey, make sure you look it up. We're all good. Obviously didn't, but this time around I definitely looked up, covered my bases, so, and luckily we were selling the truck at the time while they were sending us the cease and desist letter. We chose the name Kraftpita because, like I mentioned earlier, when you read the words Kraftpita and you know it's a restaurant, you know you're walking into a Mediterranean, middle Eastern restaurant and because of the word Kraft, that you are walking into somewhere that has premium goods baked from scratch, made to order, it connotates quality and true Mediterranean is partially a joke. Lebanese people think they invented everything and the Greeks think they invented everything. The Turkish think they invented everything. Palestinians, israelis it's a little bit of tongue-in-cheek of Lebanese food is the best Mediterranean food and we do believe that. Obviously I'm very biased, but I think what makes Lebanese food the best Mediterranean food is it has this through line of a freshness and spices that really brings the food up a few notches, whereas Greek food is not super heavy in the spices but lots of fresh herbs and things like that. And then, if you go into Turkish cuisine, syrian, jordanian, palestinian, and even if you go into Persian cuisine. There's a lot of spices. I think Lebanese food is that right balance of spices and freshness, and so that's where Kraftpia two Mediterranean food. Chris: I love it. So you opened your first location. You now expanded to a second location and some would say, especially in the restaurant business, going to that second one to two is a huge jump, because can you make it work when you now your attention split between two different locations? How have you made that work? Because part of that comes with having a good team. Rafael: Definitely. We developed Craft Media from day one to be a scalable concept, so we always knew we were going to have more than one location. It starts and when you, it's one thing to open a restaurant and then think about opening another one, but when you do it from day one, it does make it a bit easier. Not saying that it's been easy, but, for example, our menu is not that big, it's consolidated. We developed managers and a management training program that allowed us to train up one set of managers and then split them off once the new store opened. The other thing that I'm very lucky to have is I work with my mother, claudia. Her and I are a great team and I kind of spend, you know, 80% of my time at the new store 20% of my time at old store, whereas my mother does about a good 75 25 split. She stays at the old store and that makes a huge difference. You know, having ownership presence is one of the most important things at a restaurant and because I have, you know, because we're a team, we're able to split our time. Chris: Yeah. What is it then about making sure you're hiring right, because so many people you know and I, we live it here and I think any business owner you talk to is the hiring decisions are so critical to getting it right. What are some of the things that you do at Craftpita to make sure you're making the best decision you can when you make that hiring decision? Rafael: Definitely. At Craftpita we have a very high standard for hospitality. I do think it's something you can teach people, but there isn't a nature of hospitality when it comes to front of house. We really just ask basic questions like where do you like to eat? What's your favorite example of a good restaurant experience? You know, and typically you can find out if someone has hospitality based on the way they grew up, based on you know their families. They'll tell you. Like you know, my mother taught me. You know, to say hi bye every time I left the house, small things like that. And then in back of house we really try to find people who care about quality, because there's a lot of restaurants where now certain things are so a cookie cutter but they don't even really have to think while they're cooking. It just comes out and we're not selling. You know a very basic food we're selling food. You know, some people have never made hummus before or tasted in their life, and so how are you supposed to hire someone, teach them this recipe and know, even though, what the expectation is. So, front of house, we really look for a high hospitality quotient. You know, when we're interviewing in a back of house, attention to detail and quality, those things are really important for us. Chris: That makes sense. So how would you describe, maybe, the culture that you are building there at Craftpita, as you started it, and now growing it to multiple locations? Rafael: Definitely. I think you know it's in our mission statement that we are committed to sharing culture through food and I think that's really the company culture we try to derive at Craftpita. You know the two cultures I come from actually the three. You know, in Lebanese culture, hospitality is a big thing. You walk into your grandma's house, she gives you hugs and kisses and then there's about seven courses of food that come out, and you know that that food and that is part of the love right, and same thing with my mother's Peruvian culture it's all about family, all about having good time, all about being together and food is kind of this the core part of that and then also being here in Houston. Chris: I mean, you know, I always think Houston is where the south meets the rest of the country and southern hospitality is a thing. Rafael: So, yeah, we really just want you to feel like you're walking into our house and that's the company culture we build and that comes from you know, serving high quality products, and everyone has a group effort making sure people feel welcome. Chris: Very good, excuse me. So let's talk about starting a business and all that not easy. What are some of the maybe setbacks you've encountered and what have you done to overcome those? We've been through some, you know turbulent times recently and I'm sure starting a new business has not been the easiest. Yeah, what are some of the lessons learned that you could share with our listeners on that? Rafael: I mean, I think and I hope no one else has to deal with this lesson ever again, but I COVID happened six months after I opened my restaurant ouch yeah so I, you know, spent my whole life dreaming of this restaurant and you know things are going really well. We actually made a national list of the Yelp top 100 restaurants in America and it just made our business skyrocket because we were the only restaurant he's on the list wow and that was in January of 2020. Of course, you all know what happens February of 2020 and you know. I think the lesson with COVID is there will be outside forces that you did not predict that will affect your business and you can sit there and cry about it, you can roll over and die or you can hit the problem head on. I decided to. I realized when one of the big problems that was happening was how are people going to know we're open for business? Because not all a lot of people. You know we had the two week period here in Texas and some people stay closed and some people open up right after the two weeks happened. So I reached out to a friend of mine that had like a tent rental business and I said I need the biggest tent that can fit a f 350 because you know we got big trucks here in Houston. I need the biggest tent and I'm going to. I need to build a drive through. So I reached out to my landlord. I said, hey, can I do this? you was fine with it, and so we had a tent outside of a restaurant for, I want to say, about six to eight weeks okay, and you know several of my staff had to leave, for you know they had pre-existing conditions or they wanted to go on unemployment and so I basically worked for about 90 straight days outside selling food. I even started. I realized quickly that a lot of people wanted, like you know, cleaning supplies and gloves and sanitized. I got in the sanitizer business. I got in the gloves business. I reached out to my local farmers so I got produce from and I got farm share boxes. We became, you know, pseudo grocery store and that was that saved us, yeah, and a big reason another you know reason why that ended up working out for us is because of the presence of me, my mom, in the restaurant. I think a lot of people, you know, a lot of our local guests, didn't want us to fail right, that loyalty you know going above and beyond for people, for those several months that we were open, I think, built a relationship that to this day still keeps our business, you know, afloat, and a couple other things that our business ran into, partly still because of the whole COVID scenario. But other things is labor inflation over the last few years. I mean, I was looking at my business plan from 2019 and I was like I'm not projected labor numbers. I can tell you we're way above that. And then same thing with our food pricing still going up, and these are just things I think any business person will go through. Is, you know, outside forces affecting your business and unexpected increased costs that you cannot do anything to change? Right, you just have to find ways around it, whether that's giving the guests more value. In one way or another, you have to solve these problems or else they're going to take over. Chris: Yeah, it's funny you say, because most people having a good business plan is critically important and thoughtful and as soon as you finish the plan and go into action, the plan's worth nothing, right, exactly? Rafael: Since I opened my business 10 years ago, people have always come up to me with crackpot ideas. I want to open a bar, I want to open a restaurant, I want to go food truck. And my first question to them is have you drafted a business plan? And it's not. You know, the business plan is not the end, all be all. It's not what's going to get you all the investment money. But it is a plan. You just need guidelines. Chris: You need guidelines. Rafael: You have some thought laid out right, that's all Just laying out your thoughts and you know once you lay out your thoughts you should take that business plan, give it to someone who knows something and have them rip you to shreds. It's some of the. You know it might be humbling but it's necessary yeah. Chris: So how would you describe your leadership style? You know fairly young entrepreneur you mentioned earlier when you were in Poposita. Most people that were reporting to you were much older than you, so how have you managed through that and how has that leadership style developed? Rafael: Yeah, I think you know I've only been a manager. I've never. I never was like a server at a restaurant. So for me I've only been in management. I went from, you know, being on my own being a manager I would say not a very good one at all in any way, shape or form and I was maybe managing four or five people. Then I went to a mom and pop business where there was one central leader and I was just kind of a cog in that wheel and I molded my style of leadership then to, you know, be a service leader and help out the staff with Under Me and kind of bring whatever they needed to my boss. And then at Verds it was kind of like a, you know, a small to mid-sized growing business where they were really trying to implement their leadership style and I just I kind of went along with whatever they needed. But it was a little bit autonomous in the sense that they were headquartered in Austin, not in Houston. So you kind of also have to develop an in-store, in-store leadership that you are, at the end of the day, the point person. Papa's taught me that you know, you can't manage everybody to say, especially in a big restaurant like that, you do have to individualize your leadership style with people. And I think in my industry I think that's a really important lesson, because some because at the end of the day, when you're managing people and you're being a leader, there are the moments where you're in a big like pre-shift total and everybody's listening to you and in those scenarios I would say I tend to do extremely well because I can command a presence. And then there's the times where you have to sit someone aside and listen and just let them talk and that is not necessarily you leading from, that's not necessarily you leading in the sense that you're telling them what to do. Chris: But by you just listening. You're showing them that you're there for them. Rafael: And I think I would describe my leadership style as I don't even know this, but experiential. You know, I'm in the trenches with my people and I also know when to pull back and let them do their own thing. Chris: Well, I think what you were describing earlier is as a leader, how important it is when you're talking about the listening side is to demonstrate an empathy Right, and you learn so much. I mean you're managing or leading people. Everyone's different and one size doesn't fit all. Rafael: One size does not fit all, especially in the restaurant industry, where, in a lot of hospitality, where you're dealing with teenagers, middle-aged people and older people I mean just from the age perspective, let alone people's different backgrounds you have to not everyone's in the same bubble, right. Chris: You know, some of the best workers I have are teenagers, and it's their first job. Rafael: They've never done anything before, but I've molded them into what I need at Craft Pita. And then other times you might get someone who's a 20-year vet in the industry, but they don't listen. So you might have to stroke some egos and let them do their thing, but those two people you have to manage completely differently. So, yeah, it's been definitely. Throughout the years, my leadership style has changed and I think that's a good thing, to acknowledge that. You can go through ups and downs, but just constantly being, I feel, like awareness, in my opinion, is probably the most important trait as a leader if you're the owner of a company, because if you have that awareness that you might need to change your leadership style or sometimes you got turned up, sometimes you got turned down. That will take you really far. Chris: Very true, very true. So interested to ask you about this. So you've expanded to a second location. You said earlier when you started you were always planning to scale this business. So I have to think this is a question on a lot of entrepreneurs' minds what does it take, or when do you know when's the right time to make that expansion? And you know because you're gonna be facing it. You probably are now, but when do you go to the third store? So what are some of the things that you look forward, that you've learned to look forward to know when it's right? Rafael: Of course I think it's. I think this applies to a lot of businesses and it definitely applies to the restaurant business. One, obviously, financials you have to make sure that you can afford to expand right, and I think that's obviously an obvious one. But you should be conservative. This is a tough business in the sense of it's very capital intensive. To open up a restaurant Construction is a nightmare. Dealing with the city is a nightmare. You don't. You can have a really good idea of what something will cost to build out a restaurant, and I can't tell you it's wrong. I definitely had some struggles getting this store open and it was already a second-generation restaurant which normally should be easy, but it goes to like. Chris: The lease terms and tenant allowances are important, and then timing of when you're going to actually rent commences off of completion. All those. Rafael: Which the first store. You know, we dealt with a smaller landlord, the local landlord, and this new store. Over here on Bubblest Weedway there's a big national one. And just dealing with that legal process inside. That was really eye-opening to me. But yeah, that all plays into the financial decision, right. Secondly, I would say knowing when you're ready is it's a management autonomy issue? Is the restaurant running itself? Yeah, if you took a step back. What would happen? I was fortunate enough to kind of have a situation be forced upon me in that I had to go on my honeymoon, I had to get married. You know, my wife wasn't gonna let me get away with that one, so she was tired of waiting Is she we watch ad proposed and then COVID pushed back our wedding about two years but it was kind of a good. Hey, I need to get this restaurant to function for two weeks without me and obviously with COVID having all this stuff. I was very hands-on with the business but I think a lot of small business owners, specifically a lot of restaurant small business owners, struggle with like literally trying to step away. You have to. It's active, that don't do it passively is I'm going to walk? Chris: away today. Rafael: And you know what, if they mess up a catering order, if they mess up a few, this happens, that happens. You got to kind of, you know, eat sour grapes, or else you're never going to be able to scale. Chris: Well, and I think on that mess up part, I mean, obviously it's usually more in how you respond to the mistake than the fact that you made one, because we're all human, yes, now, if you consistently make mistakes, that's one thing, but if you make it, your customer may not be happy, but how you respond and own it and make up for it will speak volumes as to whether they give grace. Rafael: Absolutely Two things on that. One, I always one of my management things is it's okay if you make mistakes, I just care that you learn from them. If you show me you don't learn from mistakes, that's telling me you don't care? Yeah, you know we're, it's human, whether it you know, what we do is very. There's a lot of errors, whether it's temperature or technique, whatever. It's just a matter of if you do learn from those mistakes. So, if you have to step away from your business and your team makes a mistake, it's very important to say, okay, guys, how do we prevent this from happening again? And on that same point, this is something I learned from Papas is that you know if you make a mistake and you train your guests that, no matter what mistake happens at our restaurant, we're going to fix it, whether that's comping it, remaking it, giving them a gift card for the next time they come in, or just if some of those people want it as an apology or to be heard. It trains your guests that your money is good here. If you spend $50 here, we're going to make sure you get $50 worth of your time and money. Yeah, so I think that's super important, Very good. Chris: Well, so Let me ask you this I mean, as we kind of wrap things up, what are one or two things you would advise anyone, whether it's to start a restaurant or just any business, to kind of keep in mind as they move forward with that plan, that dream, whatever it may be? Rafael: I would say, you know, to touch on a few things that we've already talked about at the end of the day. The restaurant business is not about food. It is about people. It is about your own people and it is about your guests. You're gonna spend a majority of your time dealing with your own people or dealing with guests. You're not gonna spend a whole lot of time, you know, coming up with recipes and making sure the food turns out perfect. That's obviously a given, but the restaurant industry is a people business, so you have to mold everything you do around taking care of your own people and taking care of guests and if you approach it. That way you're gonna be successful most of the time and hopefully you're halfway decent at making food. But that's just probably the first thing I would tell people. Secondly, you know I don't want to be one of those people that says stay away from the restaurant business. But this is. It is a business that requires high business acumen as well as knowing how to operate. I consider myself you know I'm a chef. I've been cooking for 10 years but I will always consider myself a business, a businessman before a chef. And I think that's an important I think if you approach operating this in this line of work as being a businessman or woman, I think you're going to be successful. More than do I make delicious food. Chris: You're 100% right. I mean, if you can't run in any industry, if you can't run a disciplined business, you can make the best product, whether it's a plate of food or a widget your business won't survive. Someone else will take over that widget or replace you, but your business won't be there unless you can run a smart, disciplined business and that has financially human capital yeah, lots of tenants to it. So, very true, all right, so let's have a little fun. This will be interesting from you, since you've shared your passion for your food and from your culture. Do you prefer Tex-Mex or barbecue? Rafael: Ooh, that's a tough one. I'm a big barbecue guy. That's probably my passion food. Chris: Oh, I love it yeah. Rafael: I'll never get in the business. I actually just did a barbecue cook-off in Midland at the Permian Basin Cook-Off. I did barbecue for about 14 hours. I respect all my friends at barbecue so much more after doing that, I bet. Chris: So barbecue, barbecue, it is all right. So if you could take a 30-day sabbatical, which you've already explained how difficult that would be for you where would you go? What would you do? Rafael: Oh man, 30-day sabbatical. I've always wanted to do a trip to Japan. I've yet to go there. It's one of the culinary capitals of the world. I would like to go there and kind of get out of my comfort zone from a perspective of not being able to speak the language and not being super familiar with the culture. So I probably do about 30 days in Japan if I could. Chris: All right, and I don't usually go here, but since you're an expanding business, you've got two. When can we expect the third-craft, pita? Rafael: Third-craft pita. We're very comfortable with where we're at right now. It's going to be a lot easier to find a third location when we already have two operating. And I told my realtor team hey, give me the green light. I'd probably say 16 months. Ok 16 months. Chris: Well, as I've said before, I've told you I think you're doing a great thing. It's a great concept, the food's outstanding and congratulations, thank you so much. Rafael: I really appreciate it because it really means a lot. Chris:Well, thanks again for being here, enjoyed here and your story, and I wish you the best success. Awesome, thank you. Special Guest: Rafael Nasr.

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