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Rola Tassabehji
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Why Finnish Tap Water Is Shipped to Saudi Arabia
Rola asks why the Middle East is consuming so much bottled water. Time to fix the tap? In his recently released book, The Big Thirst:...
Legislation Banning Public Smoking Lingers On In Lebanon
Smoking has become the norm in downtown Beirut. Last month, a group of women activists posing as pregnant women with faces covered with masks, staged...
The Rising Voices of Arab Women – From Social Activism to Eco-Feminism
Defiant women, some “worth 100 men” are reshaping the Arab world in grassroots activism. While news of a minority of Muslim women in burkas continues...
Global Land Grabs: Benefits, Emerging Dangers, and Growing Anxieties
Who’s grabbing land at the fastest rate? An Arab country is among the top 3. The target: Africa. The issue of land grabbing by Gulf...
Arab World Revolutions Make Space for Green and Social Activism
Middle East NGOs must cross social, political and religious barriers to achieve long-term solutions to solve their regional complex environmental problems. While changes in political...
Saudi Arabia’s Green Construction Potential: Insurance for a New Green Economy?
Estidama is like LEED for the Middle East. Last week, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz announced a second package of economic initiatives for Saudi citizens,...
Lebanon’s “Wasted” Opportunity in Landfill Management
Garbage dumps roll into the sea? Rola suggests ways for energy intensive Lebanon to help ease its waste and energy problems. As Lebanon enters another...
Time to Pause: Risks of Nuclear in the Volatile Middle East and North Africa Region
The Arab region holds the densest concentration on earth of countries seeking to generate nuclear electricity for the first time. Rola points out the dangers....
Water Desalination in the Gulf is Necessary, But Not at Any Cost
IBM builds a solar power desalination pilot plant in Saudi Arabia. News that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest market for desalination plants, is planning future...
Grid Parity in the Arab World: Still Far Away
Petrol and electricity are considered birth-rights, even God-sent in the Arab world. How can this reality compete with the use of renewables? Grid parity, the...
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