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Natural Disasters strike our green planet on Nature’s terms, hence it is critical to be prepared and ready for when and where it happens. The Environmental and Energy Study Institute sheds light on current approaches to prepare for Natural Disasters and suggested innovative and new

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The East West Center hosted an event to further study  Japan- Australian relations, titled:   “Aligned Allies: The Japan-Australia Security Partnership and the Asian Security Order.” This event focused on the direct link between two countries and the barriers and internal hedging that took place between

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The Shirazi Foundation attended an event hosted by the Stimson Center, titled “ Twitter and Communal Conflict in Middle East.”  where the misuse of Social Media by extremist groups including Salafists was the focus of this informative panel discussion. The Shirazi Foundation sees learning the

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The United States Institute of Peace, hosted a conference on  Nonviolent Civil Resistance: Breakthroughs & Practical Impact. The panelists explored multiple ways and methods of nonviolent stands against oppression, analyzed approaches taken in the past, and shed light on successful peacekeepers .The speakers went further

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Hosted by the Heritage Foundation, economic advisor of Shirazi Foundation had the pleasure of conversing with Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, Steve Forbes, after his informative speech about various ways that businesses and individuals are taxed in America, and  the effect new taxes have on the

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The Shirazi Foundation attended the event “Credit Scoring: Going Beyond the Usual,”  Hosted by the Center for Global Development.  This event focused on methods and framework of Credit companies. The Shirazi Foundation believes its important to learn more about ways in which personal finances are

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Hosted by Brookings institution, our adviser on Islamic Banking attended event titled:  “Higher Education Reform: Affordability, accountability, and value.” considering both factors of people’s pursuanceto further their education to higher levels, and the accountability side of it which deals with the burden of loans, student

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Shirazi Foundation’s Foreign Relation advisor joined the U.S. Institute of Peace on March 10 where USIP hosted a discussion with a delegation from the U.N. panel co-hosted with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs and the Better World Campaign.  The speakers

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The Shirazi foundation attended the event hosted by  New America Foundation  titled  Digital Humanitarians as the panelist Mr. Meier discussed  digital information sharing via virtual means, and went in depth about use of Data for humanitarian advancement, including Social Media, cyber security, and credibility of

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