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Tafline Laylin
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Op Ed: Don’t Let Money Rob Egypt’s Green Building Success!
Students from the American University of Cairo designed SLIDES – a solar-powered modular home that is slated to compete in next years Solar Decathlon, but...
Dutch Company Floats New Idea for Artificial “World” Island Investors
Dutch Docklands proposes floating islands as an alternative to developing Dubai’s “The World” artificial islands We can’t think of anything more unfortunate than getting stuck...
Lebanon Loses Out on 7 Natural Wonders
Guest writer and Oxford student Will Todman describes the mood in Lebanon following the announcement that Jeita Grotto failed to secure a spot as one...
Siwa Oasis and the Veiled Weavers Society
These women in the Siwa oasis near Libya are trained in the traditional craft of weaving Kleem (rugs). Tafline takes a rare inside look at...
The Siwa Oasis in Egypt
This was the plan: leave at 8pm Friday night from Turgoman station in Cairo. Arrive in Siwa at 5.30am and meet my friend Gwen from...
Dubai Airport Flash Mob Dance Will Make You Smile!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXy4YGOyvU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]If you thought that Emiratis lacked a sense of humor, you obviously haven’t seen this! This isn’t necessarily green news, but it does have potential...
Burj built without thinking where the poop would go
After having a hefty meal at the restaurant on the top of the World’s Tallest Building in Dubai… you excuse yourself from the table and...
Liveinslums Brings Food to Life in Cairo’s City of the Dead
The City of the Dead in Cairo isn’t known for its fertile soil, but Liveinslums is working to change that with an awesome mini urban...
Jerusalem’s Green-Roofed Gutman Center is a Home for the Birds and the Bees
The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel commissioned a very green addition to the Jerusalem Bird Observatory, and let’s just say the birds...
Exclusive Pics: Kuraymat – Egypt’s First Solar-Thermal Plant
Renewable Energy professionals from Europe and Egypt (and Green Prophet!) took a field trip to Egypt’s first solar-thermal plant 90km south of Cairo! Brimming with...
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