Moroccan novelist Zineb Mekouar discusses her debut novel “La Poule et son Cumin”

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Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global, is an authority on energy, international politics and economics. Attending Yale University and receiving his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, Yergin in 1983 founded Cambridge Energy Associates. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his ...  Show more

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