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December 15, 2025

Startup Spark: Bahrain’s Tech Boom Takes Regional Aim

By Faisal Al-Darazi ~ At the center of the Gulf, Bahrain is sparking a low-key revolution in tech startups. From being a small player in the digital economy, it is becoming one of the...

Green Revolution: Israel’s Eco-Innovation Locks into the Road to a Greener Planet

By Eitan Barak ~ Over the Negev desert line, solar panels glint in the sunlight like lakes silently transforming light to life. Tel Aviv and Haifa laboratory cubicles are the epicenter of young engineers...

From Desert to Oasis: How Israel’s Water Conservation Initiatives Resound Internationally

By Yael Ben-David ~ Where deserts previously towered as a threat for dry climates and unpredictable rains, Israel has turned the dictum on its head: it has fashioned scarcity into means to irrigate surfeit. Through advancements in water desalination, water-conserving irrigation, and green recycling, Israel has turned its natural limitations the water-saving model for the world. What was needed became a clarion call to the nation—a culture of innovation that pinches pennies on every ounce. A Thirst for Innovation Since Israel's inception, all the way back to 1948 when it was founded, its survival had been doubtful at least partly because it was entirely open to aridity. It's largely a half-arid country,...

Empowering Iraq’s Future Leaders: Women to the Front

By Sara Al-Hashimi ~ In the sweltering sun of Najaf, 28-year-old attorney Huda Al-Mutlaq stands at a podium within a courthouse, ready to make her...

Tech for Good

Jordanian Apps Solve Global Real-Life Issues By Hala Al-Momani ~ In trendy Weibdeh district cafes and start-ups in Amman, an open welcoming office space has young coders shoulder to shoulder...

Made in Iraq: Home-Made Products Power the Economy

By Yasir Al-Dulaimi ~ In a basement workshop in Erbil, copper is hammered and soldered and the ring comes off like a pulse. Coffee sets and cauldrons are hammered into beautiful replicas—of yesteryear, bound for Dubai shopfronts and Berlin sidewalks. All over around the country, from Baghdad tanneries to Najaf spice bazaars, there's an irreversible revolution in progress: "Made in...

From Dhows to Bytes: Kuwait’s Cultural Evolution With Technology and Innovation

Modern technological progress is constantly redrawing the world's countries as the key to 21st-century growth and new-age modernity. In the Kuwaiti situation, such growth is firmly founded on a solid tradition, the archaic...

Iranian Women Redesigning Politics: Women in Command

Iranian women are taking over the political front—topping villages, shaping national agendas, and empowering the next generation after three...