Enviro journalist & researcher, think tanker @ The Wilson Center & @ Center for Climate & Security, Author of 'The Heat and the Fury: On the Frontlines of Climate Violence'
Jul 9, 2015
A decade after the restoration of their once fruitful wetlands, the Marsh Arabs are struggling to cope with the country's water shortage.
Jul 1, 2015
Iraq’s oil-rich southern province is pulling away from Baghdad's central government. And it's not alone.
Jun 19, 2015
Higher Committee for Education Development scheme helps to create new professional class capable of rebuilding public sector and challenging Islamic State
Jun 2, 2015
Iraq's flagship museum welcomes visitors for the first time in 12 years as jihadists continue to destroy the country's cultural heritage.
Jun 1, 2015
BAGHDAD—Four years after US troops pulled out of the Iraqi capital, local merchants are once more cursing America.
“Look at these prices,” Abu Mustafa said, as he gestured at the mounds…
May 26, 2015
Poor management of resources, political stalemate and an influx of Syrians fleeing war to settlements like Shatila have exacerbated Lebanon’s water crisis
May 21, 2015
BAGHDAD—With traffic on the Republic Bridge snarled up for half a mile and lunchtime fast approaching, the two pickup trucks chock full of armed men in desert camouflage decided they could stand the…
Apr 15, 2015
In his 25 years manning a stall at Cairo’s storied Ezbekiya book market, Ali El Shaer has often had to revise his stock. When local students favored socialist treatises, he bought Karl Marx by the…