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Faisal O'Keefe
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To the Dead Sea from the Red Sea Looks To Be Dead
Jordan’s Minister of Water and Irrigation and Agriculture, Hazim Al Naser, disclosed that the controversial Red-Dead Water Conveyor project may now be shelved in favor...
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 was...
Why Were Egyptian Sphinx Feet Found in Northern Israel?
Israeli archeologists are nearly bald from puzzled head-scratching. First was the discovery of a sunken mound of rubble beneath the Sea of Galilee, now comes...
Masdar Wind Project May Blow Back Into Egypt
An ambitious collaboration between Egypt and renewables giant Masdar may be coming back to life following a two year hibernation. Is this a bona fide...
Powering Buildings With Bioreactor Algae Skin Facades
A five-story apartment building in Hamburg, Germany gets its juice from its algae skin. It’s an example of the kind of architectural innovation that could...
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. It’s...
Watch out for Lumpy Skin Disease as UAE Bans Jordan’s Cows
The United Arab Emirates has imposed a temporary ban on imports of live cattle, their non-processed skins and all beef derivatives originating from the Hashemite...
Cyprus Oil Spill Threatens Pristine Coastline
Better call out that airborne Mediterranean pollution surveillance crew Tafline just wrote about! Last Tuesday, an oil tanker delivering fuel to a power plant in the...
Your Weight is Worth Gold in Dubai
The government of Dubai government will pay gold to health-conscious residents for dropping some weight over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It’s part of...
Kazakh Children Keep Ramadan Caroling Alive
Children in Central Asia practice a tradition in the lead-up to iftar (the evening breaking of the Ramadan fast - read our green iftar guide...
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