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Nov 22, 2017
What Will Happen If The World No Longer Has Water?
Summer is always scorching in Amman, Jordan, but last July was particularly brutal for Tarek el-Qaisi, a mechanic who lives with his family in the eastern part of the city. A gang of thieves tapped…
Aug 9, 2017
War in Iraq, ISIS crisis fuels brain drain, making life harder for those left behind
It’s been 12 years since Omar Hassan Majed fled Baghdad, but it sometimes feels as if he never left home.
Hustling from room to room at his oncology clinic in Amman, Jordan, he jokes with…
Jun 11, 2017
HOW NASA'S SATELLITES CAN HELP SOLVE THE MIDDLE EAST WATER CRISIS
For at least six of the past 10 years, Ali Saed, a farmer, grew no crops. The rain in his little corner of northern Iraq was too meager, as was the flow of a nearby irrigation canal. He was only a few…
Apr 18, 2017
IRAQ’S UNLIKELY LOVE AFFAIR WITH CUDDLY CANINES
It’s 9 o’clock on a chilly night in January, and the Adhamiyah animal market is teeming with visitors. There are the private zoo owners who’ve dropped by to size up the mangy lions and monkeys,…
Mar 21, 2017
Forget ISIS, Egypt's Population Boom Is Its Biggest Threat
Egypt's ballooning birth rate and severe food and water shortage could threaten its national security.
Dec 15, 2016
Why Donald Trump and Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi's Romance Might not Last in Egypt
The life-size cutout of Hillary Clinton looked lonely. On November 8, at the U.S. Embassy’s presidential election night bash in Cairo, dozens of young Egyptians gathered in a cavernous hotel ballroom…
Sep 14, 2016
The Syrian Civil War Could Spell The End Of Antibiotics
Mohammed Abu Ara is the face of a grave new threat, but propped up on his bed in an airy segregated hospital ward in Jordan, there’s not a hint of menace about him. With his left arm cut off above…
Aug 10, 2016
ISIS IS DIGGING UP NAZI LAND MINES IN EGYPT
Even at the height of summer, when the upper crust of Cairo descends on the nearby Mediterranean coast, the world’s largest open-air armory is a bleak place. With up to
Nov 27, 2015
Egyptian Camel Traders and Butchers Are Facing Tough Times
For over a week now, Ahmed Awni has struggled to offload any of the “prime” cuts of camel haunch that dangle on bloodied hooks outside his Cairo butcher’s stall. He’s tried a few gimmicks—“Buy…