Omar El-Huni | AW

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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

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees speaks during a press conference in Beirut, on March 9. (AP)

Lebanese Minister blocks UN refugee staff’s Visa renewal

June 09, 2018