Tag: Yemen

Emergency housing and refugee shelters made from mud

Rather than treating displacement as a temporary emergency, this project is reframed as a human condition requiring stability, community, and dignity. By combining vernacular wisdom with adaptable modular planning, the project offers a model for refugee housing that is scalable, low-carbon, and deeply respectful of local identity. For Somalia’s displaced families, a mud-brick home may be the most modern solution of all.

How Houthi Violence and Extremism Are Destroying the World’s Heritage—and Its People

Houthis missiles backfired and hit Sanaa On Sunday, April 21st, a deadly blast rocked the historic heart of Sanaa, Yemen—steps...

How rainwater pools help farmers in the driest land on earth

If Yemenis learn to build water collection pools they can farm year round and change the consequences of drought.

The Fight for Water in Yemen’s Drying Land

Families on Yemen's West Coast often rely on unsafe water sources, increasing the risk of disease as clean water remains difficult to access.

Sea creatures and reefs are taking blood pressure medication and laxatives

Coral reef researchers find large doses of human pharmaceuticals in the sea.

The History and Colonization of Socotra

Despite the political instability in Yemen, Socotra has remained relatively peaceful and continues to be a symbol of Yemen's natural heritage.

Yemen’s Socotra is the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: it’s at risk

The Guide, the authors say, will also contribute to Yemen meeting its obligations to various international agreements and treaties, such as the Convention on Biological Control (CBD). By managing IAS more effectively Yemen will also be facilitated in meeting many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

How the Houthis use water as weapon in Yemen

In Yemen there are "girls who don’t have an education because they must spend their entire day walking hours to carry back water that is far too heavy for their bodies."

Yemen Jews in Israel have a song for the Houthis

Voices of Yemen, Yemen Jews from Israel sing a song for the Houthis. We want your music, not your missiles.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Aquellum is hidden in a mountain in Aqaba

This week the fantasy is about Aquellum, a futuristic digitalised community for global nomads that will be completely encased in a mountain, invisible to anyone outside. But accessible from Aqaba, Jordan and located on the Red Sea. 

A Journey into Middle Eastern Bread Traditions

Recipes for breads from Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, The Emirates, Yemen, Israel and Jordan.

Yemen pipeline attacked by gunmen, causing oil spill

An oil pipeline is attacked by gunmen in Yemen causing an alarming oil spill.