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Saudi Jails 21 People for 100 Drowning Deaths

At least 1833 people died when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, but - as far as we know - nobody went...

Nation Estate is a Massive High Rise for All Palestinians

We are accustomed to writing about art and architecture that addresses environmental and social problems in the Middle East, but nothing as interesting as...

The Greenest Libraries Have No Walls

Pity the paper book. Libraries everywhere are closing due to lack of funding and tepid public support, and e-readers are luring people away from...

Energy Storage Super Capacitors Bottle Energy in New Breakthrough

UCLA and Egyptian scientist accidentally find a new way to bottle stored energy. This missing link for solar energy, hydro and electric cars could...

Largest LEED Platinum Government Building Opens in Dubai

A Dubai neighborhood that is undergoing a dedicated urban densification plan, Al Quoz may have recently welcomed the first "largest LEED Platinum Government Building,"...

Aqua Billboard Milks the Sky for Drinking Water

Take some guys interested in cutting edge technology and add a dash of old-fashioned capitalism and sometimes amazing alchemy results: That teamwork just happened...

Sustainable Fields of Knowledge Campus Evokes Israel’s Agricultural Roots

If there's something that the Israelis do as well as or even better than clean tech, it is agriculture. When the state was established...

Flying Carpet of Sea Plastic Among YAP Istanbul Modern Finalists

The Sea of Marmara is swamped with plastic pollution and other byproducts of our rampant consumerism, but according to ONZ Architects, the issue is...

Is Pakistan Aiming to “out-Vegas” Dubai With World’s Biggest Tower?

Didn't Azerbaijan just claim to be building the world's tallest tower?   Abu Dhabi Group will construct the world’s tallest building in Pakistan. It's the stuff...

Rooftop Farm in Egypt Finally Trumps Red Tape

It has been two years since Mohamed Ashraf Abdel Samad founded Shagara - a non profit organization that aims to green Cairo with urban...

Istanbul Municipality Forces Neighborhood To Make Way For Planned Gentrification

Until a recent urban renewal project that forced most residents out, the neighborhood of Tarlabaşı was home to a diverse array of Istanbul's minority...

All Moroccan Synagogues to be Renovated, Says King Mohammed VI

Morocco Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, Mayor of Fez and Secretary General of  Istiqlal Party Hamid Chabat, and security official at the inauguration of a restored...

Habitat For Humanity Restores Jordan’s Salt – PHOTOS

People helping people. Is there a better way to burn a few calories? Habitat for Humanity Jordan (H4H) recently teamed up with Sahhyieh Jamia, a...

Megalomaniac Billionaire to Destroy Azerbaijan With Artificial McCity

If you ask him, Ibrahim Ibrahimov will probably tell you that his plan to build an archipelago of artificial islands, scores of apartment buildings, bridges...

The Nomad: A Solar-Powered Escape From Flesh-Eating Zombies

While some designers spend time figuring out how to deal with today's rampant problems: urban density, water shortages, lack of public transportation in many...

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