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Greening your real estate purchase in the Middle East

Green Prophet - December 10, 2020

If you are shopping around for a home in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East there are conventional places to turn to like Craig’s...

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Toilet of the future? Holy crap, it’s here!

Faisal O'Keefe - May 17, 2014

The 2012 winners of a competition with a cringe-inducing name teamed up with a powerhouse plumbing manufacturer to design a self-contained restroom that could be...

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Green up or ship out – Saudi clamps down on construction industry

Tafline Laylin - May 15, 2014

Saudi Arabia has announced that the construction industry has five years to "green" up their business. Amid a massive construction boom, the Presidency of Meteorology...

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Massive mystery explosion in Iran

Green Prophet - May 6, 2014

According to local news reports, a massive fire has torn through the city of Qazvin, north Iran. The blast is suspected by some to be...

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Masdar “eco-city” is getting its first 500 homes – finally!

Tafline Laylin - May 29, 2014

Masdar is taking decisive steps to build Masdar City's first private homes. Adding to existing and planned educational, retail and business facilities just outside of Abu Dhabi, the 500 new...

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Chinese investors to build a mini Dubai in Kenya

Tafline Laylin - May 1, 2014

The Kenyan government is reportedly paving the way for China to build a new city just outside of the capital. Some 100 Chinese investors aim...

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Jerusalem’s water contamination scare hits both Arabs and Jews

Karin Kloosterman - May 1, 2014

Residents of Jerusalem were told yesterday to boil their water for two minutes until further notice. High levels of treated sewage water had leaked...

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Rooftop garden blooms for Bethlehem refugees

Faisal O'Keefe - April 28, 2014

A new project in a Bethlehem-area refugee camp seeks to help reverse a history of forced urbanization and revitalize connections to agriculture, simultaneously increasing...

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Reflective white paint on hot roofs could reduce cooling loads by 20%

Tafline Laylin - 1 day ago

It can get hot enough in the Middle Eastern sun to fry an egg outside. If you've spent even a small amount of time in...

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Raw human sewage murders millions of fish in Iran

Karin Kloosterman - April 24, 2014

This is what millions of dead fish in Iran look like: Raw, human sewage has leaked into a dammed river in the Tehran region...

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Pistachios could power an entire new “eco-city” in Turkey

Tafline Laylin - April 23, 2014

Turkey is floating plans to build a new "eco-city" in the southeastern corner of the country, near the border of Syria, and green building experts...

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The 200 fruitarians who find this country to be their Garden of Eden

Karin Kloosterman - April 21, 2014

Vegetarians criticise meat eaters for giving the world cow farts (greenhouse gases) and for making animals endure unspeakable suffering. Vegawarians criticize both for not...

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Phenomenal time lapse video makes Doha look like magic

Tafline Laylin - April 17, 2014

Want to see a city on "speed" grow? This time lapse video captures Doha as it expands rapidly for the 2022 World Cup in...

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Dubai unveils lamp-shaped ‘Aladdin City’ towers

Tafline Laylin - April 17, 2014

Three lamp-shaped towers make up the new Aladdin City that is being constructed in Dubai as part of an effort to boost the...

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Sand and Salt Siege film to highlight Tunisia’s eco struggles

Linda Pappagallo - April 15, 2014

A Siege of Salt and Sand (trailer), a new documentary film about Tunisia, promises to be an important motivator in redefining the current political agenda...

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