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Faisal O'Keefe
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MENA must push – NOW! – for 100% renewable energy
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) must keep pace with the rest of the world and push for a future fully powered by renewable...
Climate change has its soundtrack! Concrete organ makes music from rising seas
Croatian architect Nicola Bašić added a sensual dimension to a waterfront promenade in Zadar, Croatia by using wave energy to create sound. His concrete “sea organ”...
Dubai’s Museum of the Future is short on sustainability
Construction has begun in Dubai on the $136-million Museum of the Future. Tucked between skyscrapers in Dubai’s financial district, just a seven-minute drive from the...
Experience the (new, artificial, and made-in-America) Middle East! Coming to Dubai in 2018
American media giant 20th Century Fox has teamed up with United Arab Emirates Al Ahli Holding Group to build a theme park in Dubai, set...
UBER Middle East delivers puppies on-demand in the most adorable fundraiser!
It’s raining cats and dogs in Amman, Jordan now, closing roads (flooded underpasses), some schools, and many offices. It’s the usual drill for a city...
Suntan around these badass solar palm trees in… Dubai!
Following Israel’s smart solar trees, the Dubai Municipality is rolling out a series of “community tech hubs” based on 3D printed palm trees that collect solar...
EU schoolkids build food waste charter includes doggy bags and free food
The European Charter against food waste was just presented at Milan Expo 2015, two weeks before the end of the six-month-long world’s fair which was...
Lend your nationality and swap passports to those in need
Dutch Design Week 2015 is a misnomer, the event actually runs over nine days across 100 locations displaying the experiments and ideas of 2400 designers, including...
London calling: Gulf elite caught in conspicuous consumption
Critically acclaimed Scottish photographer Dougie Wallace has stepped on some well-heeled toes with his latest documentary project where he turns his lens to the rising...
Wean yourself off plastic with clever Trolley Bags
Jordan’s plastic bags enjoy more freedom than most of its people. Bags fly free. They don’t need visas to cross borders, and they sidestep beach...
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