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Tafline Laylin
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Egyptian Bedouins Maimed by Land Mines in Achingly Beautiful Portraits
We have often written about the land mines that riddle Egypt’s desert. Originally planted during World War II by both Axis and Allied forces, these...
Qatar Foundation Site to Go Car-Free With Siemens Trams
Public transportation is not popular among the Gulf elite who can easily afford the expense of fueling their own cars. And for many, global warming...
Creative Urban Planning for Play Time in Jordan
My nephews are fortunate. They live on a verdant property called Hungrytown Hollow among enormous trees and bucolic rolling hills outside Charlottesville, Virginia. In the summertime the...
A Desert Shrub That Outwits Mice
While humans inch closer to their eventual demise by burning up the resources upon which they so richly depend, the earth’s “lower” species are making...
Hot and Hungry Saudis Protest Ramadan Power Outages
A silly argument breaks out in the street? Ramadan. A customs control officer falls asleep while processing passports at the airport? Ramadan. A random stranger...
Pink Balloon Protest: Lebanese Reclaim Beirut Beach
Horsh Beirut is not the only public space that has been hijacked from the residents of Beirut. In the years since the war, most of...
Qatar Accused of Stealing Barcelona’s Street Lighting Design
After six years of failing to negotiate with them, a Catalan designer is going public with a story that could cause Qatar tremendous embarrassment in...
Algeria Solicits Bids for Wind and Solar Plants
Finally poised to embrace renewable energy generation, little-known Algeria is accepting tender bids from solar and wind energy producers. Along with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, which...
Famous Israeli Writer Commissions 4-foot Wide Parasitic House
Space comes at a premium these days, but could you live in a house that is only four feet wide? Israeli writer Etgar Keret commissioned...
Gaza Taxi Driver Builds an Electric Vehicle in Three Days
Once Muzer Al-Kasas was able to collect all of the necessary materials, it only took him three days to build a small electric vehicle. Unlike...
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