The Persian Gulft, known in Arabic as al-khalij has long been a “global gulf” that could be construed as being the focal point of world history for thousands of years, Allan Fromherz writes.
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How Atlanta Small Businesses Can Leverage the World Cup’s Global Spotlight
Discussions about the FIFA World Cup often center around the headline numbers — hundreds of thousands of visitors equaling hundreds of millions in spending on hotels, restaurants and plane tickets. […]
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Georgia State’s Respiratory Therapy Program Builds Decades-Long Bridge with Saudi Arabia
Editor’s note: This article is made possible through a partnership between GSU’s Office of International Initiatives (OII) and Global Atlanta. For more than three decades, a specialized health sciences program […]
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Georgia Eyes New Israel Investment Rep, Hires New Faces in Latin America
Georgia is set to refresh its trade and investment representative in Israel, one of the 12 global markets where the state maintains a consistent presence.
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Curiosity Lab Appoints New Executive Director, Signals Next Phase of Global Growth
Curiosity Lab, the living laboratory for testing, validating and deploying innovative technologies in metro Atlanta, has named Emily Heintz as executive director as it expands its role as a gateway […]
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At Least Five National Teams Eyeing World Cup Base Camps in Atlanta
Beyond hosting eight matches, part of Atlanta’s strategy for the World Cup is to recruit training bases for national teams, capitalizing on the connectivity offered by the airport and quality […]
Posted inEurope
Books 2025: Heirs to Alexandria — Unraveling the History of Books and Collective Memory
Now lost to history, the complex, with its museaum and iconic lighthouse, might be construed as the beginning of history as we know it today, the first unified attempt, at scale, to truly understand the world.
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Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2025
Besides the fact that they provide the first touch points for Atlanta companies doing business in their respective countries, these consuls, honorary consuls and trade officials end up becoming de facto ambassadors for the city and region they’ve come to call home. The South, they find, is a region of both political and economic dynamism.
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Indian Hanukkah? Consulate Marks Decade Celebrating Ties With Israel, Atlanta’s Jewish Community
The Consulate General of India Dec. 18 year marked a decade celebrating Hanukkah at its Sandy Springs offices, a gesture local Jewish community leaders said was all the more timely amid recent antisemitic violence around the world.
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Restaurant Tech Platform Sunday Raises Another $21M for U.S., Global Expansion
Sunday, a European tech company that got its start improving the payment experience for diners, has raised another $21 million to continue its U.S. expansion from Atlanta and target other key global markets.