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Storyteller-in-Chief: The Art of Building your Brand

“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today,” says award-winning writer and director Robert McKee. In a world powered by competitive economies, innovative technology and cut-throat businesses, the simple art of story-telling follows through as the most effective way of communicating a brilliant idea.

The Economic Kurdish Spring

Besides Salahadin, few know of the Kurds, their history and the atrocities they have faced over the years in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. But now the international business community is beginning to recognize the Kurds in Iraq.

In the north of the war-torn country, the autonomous Kurdish Region is attracting substantial foreign investment from investors keen to tap into the burgeoning economy, fueled by the prospect of oil and gas revenues.

Mohsen Namjoo at the Orpheum Fuses East, West

L.A's Orpheum theater was buzzing with anticipation on the evening of May 20th, 2012, as the inimitable Iranian composer-musician Mohsen Namjoo came to town to present his latest (and as yet unreleased) pieces under the collective title thirteen/eight. From the moment the curtain went up it was clear something marvelous was afoot: the instruments accompanying Mr. Namjoo's setar included an upright bass, a full drum kit, and a pair of synthesizers; and the band took no time to get jamming on these. Two hours later, the buzz had turned from anticipation to awe, amazement, and satisfaction at having witnessed another extraordinary performance.

Egyptian American Author Remembers A Different Egypt

During her recent talk at UCLA, Lucette Lagnado, an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, expressed nostalgia for a lost world as she discussed her memoirs about her family's life in Egypt and subsequent exile in America.

Joey Wolffer’s Luxury Treasure Chest on Wheels

Washington DC is no stranger to the success and popularity of food trucks parked at every busy street corner. DC-fashionistas,’ however, have something new to cater to their tastes as well.

Formerly a potato chip food truck, the StyleLiner is a fashion boutique on wheels and the new truck on the block.

Getting to Know You

The book begins with a foreword and an introduction, from Congressman Keith Ellison and editor Wajahat Ali respectively, explaining the simple idea behind the book and the series – we cannot accomplish the Quranic command to get to “know one another” as human beings of a variety of colors and creeds without first opening our mouths or lifting our pens. Ellison and Ali also pose the question, to what extent are American and Muslim mutually exclusive identities? And with that directive and question in mind, 45 American Muslim men introduce themselves to us, or rather, to U.S.