Tag: resource curse

Rapid Gulf Growth Wrecking Ecological Havoc

Imagine a rapidly growing tourist paradise, but set in the path of a "freeway" line of oil tankers constantly moving through the Gulf region, shipping out a third of the world's oil, polluting the coastline, and you can begin to imagine the scope of the problem assessed by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in Toronto.

The Death of Two Men – Muammar Gaddafi and Steve Jobs

When Steve Jobs died, the world mourned. But the Arab World is throwing a party at news of Gaddafi's...

Jordan’s Potential First Oil Field For the People

This man is paddling trash out of a polluted water body in the Jordanian city Azraq, which is believed...

Morocco: Arab World Star Has A Dark Side

The Arab World's superstar, Morocco's longstanding exploitation of natural resources in the Western Sahara casts a dark shadow on...