Andrew White, King's College London - It is not much of an exaggeration to say that Spotify saved the music industry. Global revenue for recorded music reached its zenith in 1999 – the...
By Omar Al-Khalidi ~
In one of Baghdad's tiny co-working spaces in Karada, the soft buzz of laptops and sighs of collaboration are heard. Under the sheen of fluorescent lights, clusters of young Iraqis...
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,...
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...
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 a quiet revolution in Iran hidden from the naked eye. There is now a new generation of master entrepreneurs—master programmers, designers, and grind in co-working offices...
By Andreas Georgiou Kyriacou ~
NICOSIA, CYPRUS — Under Cyprus's warm Mediterranean sun, the island's ancient traditions of olive, carob, and halloumi agriculture are thriving all over again—gaining worldwide attention as boutique exports respond...
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