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10 Green Gift Ideas for Eid al-Adha

Want a jump up on impressing the hosts of upcoming Eid al-Adha parties?  Conspicuous consumption is hard work in Jordan where I live. Product...

3,500 Sqm Qatar National Convention Center in New Pics

The 3,500 square meter Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) sees more time under the spotlight as Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido's new photographs of Arata...

Dafna Aizenberg Maps the Internet’s View of Our World

A young Israeli designer has collected digital data across a variety of internet meta-aspects (think “search phrases” and “virus attacks”) to paint pictures of...

Israeli Photographer’s “Taking Apart” Nostalgia for Recycled Artifacts in Pieces

Israeli photographer Gabi Menashe loves outdated artifacts so much, he takes them apart, "one bolt, spring, button at a time," and then artfully assembles...

Massive Concrete Amphitheater Lies Disused Outside Dubai

A friend tipped me off about this strange structure out in the desert a short drive from Dubai. I tried to figure out what...

Zameeg: Ancient Persian Eco-Love for US Clothing Line

For as long as they've known each other, Mohsen and Sepideh have dreamed of having an ethical fashion line that conveys how deeply the...

If Saturn Were as Close to Earth as the Moon

Imagine looking out your window every day and seeing Saturn like this. In a recent photo series, space artist Ron Miller does the imagining...

Israeli Kobi Levi Still Designing Outrageous Footwear

Olive Oyl is so much more than a 1930's cartoon character, she was my first role model.  This dark-haired skinny-bones with the giant feet...

Burj Doha and Qatar’s First Vertical Garden (Photos)

Cousin to the world's tallest building, the rounded silhouette of Burj Doha soars over the capital of Qatar's skyline. Designed by Jean Nouvel, it...

Middle East’s Largest Mural Was Carved Out of Cement

We tend to lean away from cement as much as possible given its super high embodied energy content, but we can't help but admire...

Cintec Restores Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid with Water-Filled Bags

Egyptian Pharaohs from the 3rd dynasty were thought to be semi-divine and their majesty considered worth preserving well into the after life - hence...

Vanina makes trash from Lebanon glitter

Whereas most people would scarcely give a pile of old keys a second glance, the Vanina girls from Lebanon see in these disused materials new life as glittering jewelry.

Ancient Fez Storage Space Transformed into a Thriving Café Litérraire

Aziza Chaouni Projects (ACP) was commissioned to upgrade the historic Dar Tazi compound in the medieval city of Fez in Morocco, and the completed...

Young Egyptian Designers Use Fashion to Change Our Plastic Habits

Young Egyptians Yara Yassin and Rania Rafie are embarking on a business that makes bags from bags - innovative handbags sewn from throwaway plastic. ...

Israel’s Caravan Collective Puts the E in Cycling Apparel

Caravan Collective is a fresh new cycling apparel studio from Israel that fuses quirky graphic design with a passion for cycling, people, and the...

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