Omar El-Huni

Omar El-Huni is a contributor to The Arab Weekly on environmental issues. He is a graduate of the University of Reading on environmental matters. 

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Families wait with parcels in Sana’a, Yemen. (Partners Relief & Development)
NGO strives to help Yemenis outside the reach of foreign aid
August 27, 2020
A picture shows an empty street in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca during the pandemic lock-down. (AFP)
Pandemic offers MENA a window of opportunity for green economy
August 11, 2020
Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. (REUTERS)
Saudi Aramco, other oil giants join efforts to mitigate climate change
August 04, 2020
A view of the deck of the FSO Safer, moored off Ras Issa port, Yemen. (AP)
Decaying oil tanker risks provoking Red Sea environment disaster
July 29, 2020
The Tunisian minister of energy, mines and energy transition, Mongi Marzouk, inaugurates Tunisia’s first power station, “Chams Enfidha”, 30 June. (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition Facebook page).
Tunisia invests in major wind farm as part of longterm renewable energy plan
July 22, 2020
Abu Dhabi authority sees environment as key to future of farming
July 10, 2020
A farmer works at his farmland of Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)
Wastewater development programme kicks off in Fayoum, Egypt
June 24, 2020
An Emirati man stands in front of rows of parabolic shaped mirrors at the Shams 1, Concentrated Solar power (CSP) plant, in al-Gharibiyah district on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. (AFP)
Lower solar energy cost can lead to brighter future
June 17, 2020
An aerial view of the solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate. (AFP)
MENA sees future in new clean energy technology
June 16, 2020
A farmer works in a plantation near the Jerash stream, which flows into the King Talal Dam, near Jerash, Jordan. (Reuters)
Water, energy and food security key to MENA stability
May 27, 2020
Mohamed Omran, chairman of the Egyptian Exchange. (Reuters)
Egypt makes headway on green bond investment
May 18, 2020
Energy with potential. Wind turbines at a wind farm in the southwestern Moroccan city of Tarfaya . (AFP)
Wind energy is a ‘key technology’ with benefits for MENA
March 21, 2020
A Kuwaiti man shows a bag full of locusts at a market in Al-Rai, north-west of Kuwait City, January 25. (AFP)
Locust invasion threatens MENA crops
March 07, 2020
Visitors look at screens displaying images of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park at the solar plant in Dubai. (AFP)
Hot Sahara sun could ensure cleaner future
November 02, 2019
Environmental dilemma. Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles on the seaside of Ouzai in Lebanon. (AFP)
Technological remedies to plastic waste in the Mediterranean are themselves risky
October 26, 2019
A file picture shows visitors walking through exhibitions during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC-2016) in Abu Dhabi. (AFP)
Unlocking the potential of oil products in the MENA region
October 05, 2019
A view of the Punic Port in Carthage. (Le Lemon Tour)
Leisurely cycling through Carthage’s 668-year history
September 22, 2018
A view of Shuaiba oil refinery is seen in Basra, southeast of Baghdad September 21, 2015. (Reuters)
Rising carbon dioxide levels poses added risk to the Middle East
September 05, 2018
A farmer drives a tractor through smoke from burning rice straw in preparation for the next harvest, at a paddy field in the beginning of the agricultural road leading to Cairo November 1, 2014. (Reuters)
Green initiatives in MENA make a change but long road ahead
June 23, 2018
Cleaning water, saving lives. An engineer fills a flask with recycled water at an advanced water purification facility. (AP)
Water purification technology: a needed investment for MENA countries
June 09, 2018