Sirocco Sirocco Sirocco (), scirocco, jugo or, rarely, siroc (; ; ; ; ; ; , literally "southerly;" Libyan Arabic: Ghibli; Egypt: khamsin; Tunisia: ch'hilli) is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season. It arises from a warm, dry, tropical airmass that is pulled northward by low-pressure cells moving eastward across the Mediterranean Sea, with the wind originating in the Arabian or Sahara deserts. The hotter, drier continental air mixes with the cooler, wetter air of the maritime cyclone, and the counter-clockwise circulation of
Jacques Mistral the French presidential election of 2012, Mistral endorsed Socialist Party candidate and eventual winner François Hollande. Jacques Mistral Jacques Mistral (born September 22, 1947) is a French economist and professor. He is a member of the Council of Economic Analysis ("Conseil d'analyse économique") in France, a member of the Cercle des économistes, and as of October 2009, a member of the scientific council of the center-left think tank "Fondation pour l'innovation politique". Mistral was born in Toulouse, France. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in Paris in 1967 and earned his Ph.D in Economics from the University of Paris I