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5 reasons to go “no poo” and ditch shampoo

A new trend is sweeping across America: scores of people are ditching shampoo for more earth and hair-friendly alternatives – including nothing at all. But...

Desert Breath spirals on Red Sea remind us of troubled Egypt’s immense beauty

To many Egyptians, the desert is a hostile place: water is scarce, terror cells hide in its vast expanse, or land mines make crossing them...

Masafer Yatta: the Palestinian cave dwellers of Firing Zone 918 (photos)

Many environmentally aware people from the global middle and upper class choose off-grid living, though that lifestyle is usually supplemented with solar panels and other...

Marrakech biker chicks wear bootleg Chanel and Louis Vuitton Abayas

If you thought that women from the Middle East and North Africa all wear drab black blankets over the head and stay home to cook...

BrightSource’s Ivanpah, the world’s largest solar thermal project, is live

It has been a long, controversial and expensive road for BrightSource Energy, but their 392 megawatt concentrating solar plant is now finally delivering renewable energy...

Burj residents sweat over developer threats to cut A/C and elevator services

Residents of the world’s tallest building in Dubai are being punished over unpaid maintenance fees – some of them unjustly. In order to pressure property...

Driverless car partnership emerges between Tesla and Israel’s Mobileye

A decade from now, Tesla is expected to have a suite of driverless vehicles on the road – a feat that wouldn’t be possible without...

Raanan Stern’s tiny Tel Aviv artist studio boasts stellar space management

Square footage comes at a premium in Tel Aviv, as it does in New York and many other global cities, so designers Raanan Stern and...

Wind-powered Tumbleweed robot rolls back encroaching deserts

Desertification has gobbled up huge swaths of the Middle East and North Africa, a fact that Jerusalem-based industrial designer Shlomi Mir knows all too well....

Morocco’s Berbers take on Africa’s richest silver mine – and the king

Africa’s largest silver mine has been operating in the Atlas mountains since 1969, but the Berber people living in the surrounding villages remain among the...
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