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In Tunisia, Wasta Kills When It Comes to Covid-19 – Emna Mizouni<\/p>\n
The Diplomats’ Quarter: Wasta of the Palestinian Authority – Raja Shehadeh<\/p>\n
Wasta on Steroids: Speculative Finance & the Housing Market – Mischa Geracoulis<\/p>\n
Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit – Tariq Mehmood<\/p>\n
Wasta Tawla, or how the Wastafarians Fared at Fawda – Fadi Kattan<\/p>\n
Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse – Samir El-Youssef<\/p>\n
I Love Wasta, Hate Standing in Line in Egypt, But I Am Poor – Ahmed Naji<\/p>\n
Vitamin W: The Power of Wasta Squared – C.S. Layla<\/p>\n
Lebanese Oppose Corruption with a Game of Wasta – Victoria Schneider<\/p>\n
Syria’s Ruling Elite\u2014 A Master Class in Wasta – Lawrence Joffe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TMR Issue 10 \u2013 10 articles \u2013 103 pages<\/p>\n
Wasta is who you know (or don’t) to get your foot in the door, and often to get anything done, but wasta is also about corruption and waste. From Palestinian wasta to stories set in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia and the diaspora, this issue kicks the can down the road, and packs a wallop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30641,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[3209],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29774","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tmr-issues","7":"entry","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"virtual","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n