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Why the Middle East is being left behind by global climate finance plans

Hala Al-Hamawi, Nottingham Trent University The Middle East...

In the Middle East, women journalists and activists have been driving crucial change

Farinaz Basmechi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa -...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 centuries under siege. The past few years have provided tokenistic representation but an avalanche of pressure is building that will initiate long-term reform. Here is a snapshot of the milestones and next-generation leaders remaking Iran's politics. More Women, Greater Roles As of...

A Nation of Nobel Minds: Israel’s Emerging Legacy of Science and Scholarship

By Yael Stein ~ Where Israeli campus hallways resound with whine of basement brain-lab rows to roof-top observatories of physics. The whine never ceases. Unzipping proteins or constructing quantum technologies, Israeli researchers have gained...

Green Shoots of Growth: Iran’s Eco-Economy Set to Open the Doors to Sustainable Futures

By Irna Mehran ~ It is when fruits and vegetables grown organically substitute solar panels that Iran's eco-economy is observed...