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Dubai’s ‘Sustainable City’ to Include Horse Transportation

Tafline Laylin - June 5, 2012

Not to be outdone by Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, Dubai will soon begin construction on its own 'sustainable city,' where green transportation options...

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Can Qatar Balance its Oil Interests and Host a Successful Climate Summit?

Arwa Aburawa - July 22, 2012

I speak to Qatar-based environmental researcher Mari Luomi about the balancing act Qatar has to perform at the upcoming climate summit You could say that...

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Mesopolis in Tehran: Re-Thinking Daily Floods of Wasted Water

Tafline Laylin - June 4, 2012

It may surprise many Iranians living in the country's dense and sprawling desert capital to know that millions of cubic liters of water are...

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Culture Minister’s Daughter Arrested in Connection with Qatar’s Fire

Tafline Laylin - May 31, 2012

Qatar's Culture Minister's daughter is among five people who have been arrested in connection with the fire that swept through Doha's elite Villaggio Mall...

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The Rock Stadium Rises from the Desert in Sharp Planes

Tafline Laylin - June 26, 2012

If you've ever had the experience of driving through a vast, mostly uncluttered landscape that is suddenly interrupted by a large, ill-fitting manmade structure,...

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Bauhaus Design Goes Underground in Tel Aviv

Tafline Laylin - June 4, 2012

Galmidi Yitzhar and the industrial designer Yaksein Eliran won first place in a design competition for a new underground train station in one of...

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Qatar Mall Owner Faces Arrest for Deadly Fire

Tafline Laylin - May 30, 2012

Authorities have issued arrest orders following Monday's fire that engulfed Doha's Villaggio Mall, killing 19 people. The owner of the mall and a handful...

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New Toilet Business 2theloo Flourishes in Tel Aviv

Leigh Cuen - May 29, 2012

Will there be less public peeing on the streets now there's a high tech public toilet in Tel Aviv? Haaretz reporter Roy Arad recently wrote...

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Qatar Fire: Expatriates Furious Over Officials’ Lackadaisical Attitude

Tafline Laylin - May 29, 2012

Ten minutes after a fire broke out in Doha's Villaggio Mall yesterday, an expatriate and Doha News reader Paula Rodrigues Duarte claimed that officials failed...

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Saudi Prince Sues the City of Los Angeles Over Palatial Building

Tafline Laylin - May 29, 2012

Saudi Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah - the son of King Abdullah and deputy Foreign Minister - has sued the city of Los Angeles....

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Morocco’s Atlas Kasbah Eco-Lodge is 80% Solar-Powered

Tafline Laylin - May 29, 2012

It may look like a castle, but this beautiful red-earth building is actually an 11-roomed hotel that receives 80% of its energy from the...

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Turkey’s Early Hydroelectric Dams Featured in Exhibit

Julia Harte - May 28, 2012

The first hydroelectric dam built in Ankara, Turkey's capital city, the Çubuk Dam was promoted as "Ankara's Bosphorus". A new exhibit at Istanbul's avant-garde SALT...

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Iraqi Mud Architect Talks Sustainability and Corruption in the Middle East (Exclusive Interview)

Arwa Aburawa - September 28, 2025

Award-winning architect Salma Samar Damluji speaks to GreenProphet about her mud architecture work in Yemen and why Dubai's property development mentality is ruining the...

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Egyptian Brothers Design a Clever Separator for Gulf Recyclables

Tafline Laylin - May 25, 2012

Egyptian brothers Mostafa and Mohamed Nassar have designed a clever two-meter tall waste separator that aims to make recycling in Abu Dhabi and the other...

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Dubai’s Underwater Hotel by Deep Ocean Technology (PICS)

Tafline Laylin - May 29, 2012

When it first emerged that plans for an underwater hotel in Dubai had been revived, Arwa wrote "Dubai has more gimmicks and tacky accolades...

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