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Greenland’s Melting Glaciers Will Affect Your Middle East

Maurice Picow - July 30, 2012

Maps showing depletion of Greenland's ice fields between July 8 and 12 2012. July 12 version is on the right. Maps via The Weather...

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Hot and Hungry Saudis Protest Ramadan Power Outages

Tafline Laylin - July 30, 2012

A silly argument breaks out in the street? Ramadan. A customs control officer falls asleep while processing passports at the airport? Ramadan. A random...

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Qatar Accused of Stealing Barcelona’s Street Lighting Design

Tafline Laylin - July 28, 2012

After six years of failing to negotiate with them, a Catalan designer is going public with a story that could cause Qatar tremendous embarrassment...

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Famous Israeli Writer Commissions 4-foot Wide Parasitic House

Tafline Laylin - July 26, 2012

Space comes at a premium these days, but could you live in a house that is only four feet wide? Israeli writer Etgar Keret...

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LEGO Mania Spreads to Lebanon’s Crumbling Capital

Tafline Laylin - July 23, 2012

We are in the midst of a global obsession with LEGO building blocks. No longer strictly a childhood toy, these colorful plastic blocks designed...

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Z: The Anonymous Tunisian Cartoonist Championing Nature

Arwa Aburawa - July 22, 2012

'Z' is an anonymous cartoonist whose pink flamingo trademark came about due to his efforts to stop development projects which would destroy the bird's...

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Bahrain Souq Shops Destroyed in Isla Town Market Blaze

Faisal O'Keefe - July 22, 2012

Another major fire in the Middle East: this time in a traditional market, souq. Firefighters battled a blaze that erupted last week in Manama, Bahrain’s...

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Armed Islamists Destroy Timbuktu’s Mud Architecture

Tafline Laylin - July 20, 2012

Recently I made a tiny film clip to raise awareness about the pollution surrounding the Giza Pyramids. In the comment section of that post,...

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Jerusalem’s Natural History Museum is a Green-Roofed Subterranean Monument

Tafline Laylin - July 19, 2012

Although building a monument to nature is something of a contradiction in terms, o2a studio has done a wonderful job of finding balance between...

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Deluxe Iranian Residential Complex is Built Around the Trees

Green Prophet - July 19, 2012

This building is located in Niavaran, Tehran - a district in the northern foothills. The climate in this area is completely different than the south and center...

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Israel Social Protestor Sets Himself on Fire At Jerusalem Rally

Karin Kloosterman - May 26, 2013

New rallies are taking place across Israel to mark the one year anniversary of the country's mass social protests last summer. Some believe the...

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Star Wars Fans Restore Luke Skywalker’s Homestead in Tunisia

Tafline Laylin - July 19, 2012

In 2010 Mark Dermul from Belgium led a tour of the remaining Star Wars relics scattered throughout Tunisia's desert. It wasn't the first time...

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New Mecca Mega-Scheme On The Way

Arwa Aburawa - October 12, 2020

A German company has just secured the contract for a mega project in Mecca which will house around 160,000 inhabitants Despite reassurances that Mecca would...

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Computer-Controlled Mashrabiya Keeps Abu Dhabi’s Al Bahar Towers Cool

Tafline Laylin - July 11, 2012

Few elements are more distinctive to Middle Eastern design than the ancient Mashrabiya screens used to keep homes cool, and now recent strides in...

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Turkish Furniture Store Transformed by Curvy Brick Wall

Tafline Laylin - July 10, 2012

When commissioned to transform Izmir's Orfi furniture store into an inspiring and atmospheric new space, Turkish designer Nail Egemen Yerce was presented with three concepts...

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