Basma’s Weekend Bookmarks

Every Weekend I try to pick up top bookmarks of many links I check daily. Given to the nature of my journalistic work, I have subscribed to hundreds of newsletters, so my weekend bookmarks would cover different aspects of life. Finally, I hope you find Basma’s weekend bookmarks useful and funny.

1- 4 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read

This article is an amazing advice for everyone, not only entrepreneur, I have checked out First Things First, and it is a quite useful for time management.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/228231 

2- Secrets to Being a Productive Entrepreneur  

I am  fan of info graphics and here is stunning usage of this technique to help entrepreneurs to be more pro-active, a good job from.  

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230606

        3- Facebook’s massive WhatsApp buy

A big business happened this week, Face book bought a startup app by 19$.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/this-week-in-review-facebooks-massive-whatsapp-buy-and-the-cable-tvonline-streaming-fight/

 

4- Is There One Ukraine?

Ukraine is on the fire, political situations is getting complicated recently and moving rapidly, but you need to know the background of this crisis. This is article would provide you in-depth read of the Ukrainian crisis.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140560/orlando-figes/is-there-one-ukraine

5- 9 Ways to Lose the Woman You Love…For Good.

Dear Man,

it is for you :), and Don’t Take everything as an attack on your character.

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/how-to-lose-the-woman-you-love-for-good-lal/

Basma’s Weekend Bookmarks

Every Weekend I try to pick up top bookmarks of many links I check daily. Given to the nature of my journalistic work, I have subscribed to hundreds of newsletters, so my weekend bookmarks would cover different aspects of life. Finally, hope you find Basma’s weekend bookmarks useful and funny

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1-100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die

First on the list "1984" novel  by George Orwell, I bought  suddenly at the end of 2013, a book seller on the street convinced me to buy while I asking him about another novel, actually he didn’t make a great effort, I bought it. I realized later, it is a great novel, so 2014 will not pass without reading it.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-100-books-everyone-must-read-2014-2

2- The 10 Best and Worst Things You Can Say to Someone With Depression

I find this piece very helpful for dealing with a serious disease, depression, its core is depression differs from blue mood, so stop using a cheerful quotes with your depressed friend, it doesn’t work.

 http://goodmenproject.com/guy-talk/kt-the-10-best-and-worst-things-you-can-say-to-someone-with-depression/

3- The Perfect Little Video One Dad Can’t Stop Watching: A Child Discovers Rain

If you have a rough tough work day, this video would cheer you up. Rain is my best thing on earth, and this little creature proved that it is most adorable thing on earth is rain discover.

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-perfect-little-video-you-wont-be-able-to-stop-watching-a-child-discovers-rain-megasahd/

4- Post-2015: Access to information and independent media essential to development 

A statement was released by 150 global organizations asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to Establish a specific goal to “ensure good governance and effective institutions in Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37435/en/post-2015:-access-to-information-and-independent-media-essential-to-developmen

5- Zamzam and the Jordanian Brotherhood

A political analysis is about Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, and the future of its separated  brunch.

http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2014/02/04/zamzam-and-jordanian-brotherhood/h03b

6- Free download for Alice Munro short novels

A very well-know Canadian writer, and her novel would be on my 2014 reading list.

http://www.hindawi.org/contributors/20803159/

7- SALAFIST AL-NUR PARTY STRUGGLES TO KEEP POLITICAL ISLAM ALIVE IN EGYPT 

 A political analysis is about the future of salafist political party in Egypt after the military coup in 3 July 2013.

http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=41924&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=c93e5d0b9e0701e34dbe736b30968202#.Uvab2OQWL_1