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December 16, 2025

Women Pioneers: Egypt’s Female Trailblazers Carving New Ground

By Salma Naguib ~ From boardroom and courtroom to operating theatre and art gallery, Egypt's women are not only asserting themselves in public life but are also making it. Breaking the old limits and...

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 argument. Ten years before, she perhaps would have been...

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,...

Women Business and Innovation Leaders of Bahrain

thp - This is a revolution of women leaders, reshaping the face of business and innovation in Bahrain with the promise of an exciting...

Re-ignition of Exports: Iran’s Non-Oil Sectors Stretch Across the Globe

By Ramin Hosseini ~ Diversified exports, ranging from steel and saffron, are opening up Iran's economic space. Iran, one recalls, is all about oil wells. But the vision is greater than...

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,...

Women Cypriots Mapping Business and Policy Futures

By Elena Charalambous Papadopoulou ~ NICOSIA, CYPRUS — On every corner of Cypriot life—from the vibrant startups to corridors of power—women are emerging as drivers of progress, innovation, and policy. Resourced by a...

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...