Seeds of Hope: Iraqi Farmers Return to Organic Farming
By Layla Al-Rubaie ~ Walking through the scorching heat of Babil provinces, Saif Jassim, a professional farmer, strode through jade green okra and eggplant plants, his dusty boots now dry and cracked. Three years...
Unity in Diversity: How Bahrain’s Multinational Workforce Builds Community
By Noor Al-Khalifa ~ MANAMA, BAHRAIN — In Bahrain, where nearly three-quarters of the workforce is expat South Asian, North African, European, and beyond, diversity is not a trait—it's the backdrop for creativity, growth,...
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,...
Netflix is still growing its subscriber base – here’s how a local approach is helping
Jean Chalaby, City, University of London - Netflix had a tough year in 2022. Big rivals such as Disney and Amazon Prime were circling,...
Iran’s Start-Up Boom: Young Entrepreneurs Fuel a New Wave of Innovation
By Amir Toussali ~ How a generation of digitally native entrepreneurs is transforming Iran's economy from the bottom up Tehran's skyline is still seen as a misunderstood one for an oil...
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 forms of expression reimagined in modern-day digital style. The interaction of past and present is forging an exemplary national identity symbolic both of tradition and growth. Previously,...
Desert Blooms: Jordan Farmers Employ Vibrant Ideas to Sow Hope
By Leen Al-Kilani ~ At dawn, in the light of morning gold, on the border of the desert east of Jordan is a miracle: fields of lettuce, fields of eggplant, fields of tomatoes...
Unity in Diversity: How Bahrain’s Multinational Workforce Builds Community
By Noor Al-Khalifa ~ MANAMA, BAHRAIN — In Bahrain, where nearly three-quarters of the workforce is expat South Asian, North...
