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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 economy, but there is...

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...

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,...

Startup to Stardom: Israeli Innovations and Apps Alter Daily Life

By Noam Eliaz ~ Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard is circled by Bauhaus cafes and buildings, but behind glass dividers, the thrum of innovation is underway....

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...

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 whizzing by models purifying air, purifying water, and fueling cars on wasted food. Galilee wasteland is where reforestation rebirths life in barren hills. Half the size of...

Healing Waters: Cyprus Rides Ancient Springs to Contemporary Wellness Tourism

By Andreas Georgiou Stavrou ~ TROODOS MOUNTAINS, CYPRUS — Deep beneath the topographical plateaus of the rugged Troodos summits, villages like Kalopanayiotis are restoring ancient sulphur springs to destination spa resorts and combining centuries...

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...