Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

Arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar : A Short Summary of the law of Sedition in India

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006:
News reports are indicating that an FIR has been registered with respect to a public meeting organized on the JNU campus on the evening of 9th February. These reports claim that the…

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ICA/Esri Cartography Summit

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Open Geography:
I’m just back from Redlands California (Esri HQ) and 3 days of a “Cartography Summit.” This was a small meeting considering the future of cartography and mapping, divided into three topics: Data, Design, and Media. I gave…

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Iraq Says It Exported More Than 1 Billion Barrels of Oil in 2015

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Iraq said it exported 1.097 billion barrels of oil in 2015, generating $49.079 billion from sales, according to the oil ministry. It sold 99.7 million barrels of oil in December, generating $2.973 billion, after selling a record 100. Source: Iraq … Continue reading →

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Mind the gap

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Let's Geog:
Hello fellow geoggers! In ‘money makes the world go ’round…’ I mentioned that that one of the topics that I’m currently studying is development and inequalities, and recently one question keeps coming up; is…

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