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Tiny “Water Chip” Desalinates Water With the Power of a Store-Bought Battery
Water scarcity is probably the most pressing environmental concern in the Middle East region and current desalination technologies are too costly and energy-intensive to rely...
3-D Printed Plastic Gun Breaches Israeli Parliament Building Undetected!
Israel’s security is renowned for being particularly tight, but officials failed to detect a 3-D printed gun when a local TV show snuck it into...
Aerodynamic ARPT Headquarters Diverts Algiers’ Hot Desert Winds Naturally
The same Italian design firm that designed a fleet of eco-schools for Gaza has won an international competition to design the headquarters of Algeria’s telecommunications...
First Green-Roofed Urban Oasis Planned for Abu Dhabi
Albeit better than neighboring Dubai’s skyline of what renowned architect Frank Gehry calls “cheap” and “anonymous” architecture, Abu Dhabi has grown into a dense urban...
If Gaza Goes Dry, Where Will All the People Go?
The United Nations has warned that the Gaza Strip, the small slice of land bordering Egypt and Israel that has been the scene of so...
Ashalim is Israel’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Negev Energy, the new partnership between the Spanish and Israeli companies, will build and operate the 110 MW Parabolic Trough plant under a 25 year...
DESERTEC Leaves its Industrial Partner Dii
More setbacks for Middle East solar or the only way a big dream can move ahead? DESERTEC has canceled its commercial partnership to build a solar...
World’s First ‘Tablet Cafe’ Circumvents Chronic Power Cuts
The world’s first tablet cafe has opened in Dakar and already Google’s latest experiment is turning out to be a major game changer. Bordered by...
Student Proposes Iraq Embassy Design for Oslo a la Zaha but Greener
Zaha Hadid’s flowing architecture instantly sprung to mind when we came across Zaid Bin Talib’s design proposal for an Iraqi embassy in Oslo. Daring, futuristic, and...
16-year-old Turkish Teen Makes Bioplastic from Banana Peels
Meet Elif Bilgin, the latest in a string of wunderkids from the Middle East and North Africa, who invented a bioplastic made from banana peels....
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