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After pushing its economy to the brink, Egypt gets a bail-out. But a record-setting investment from the UAE will not fix its chronic problems | ... (2024)
The desert city of Amman is running out of water. Meanwhile, officials fixate on gleaming visions of growth, perpetuating the fantasy that urban dy... (2023)
What are the hundreds of billions of oil riches being spent on? | Finance & economics (2023)
An influx of Russians shows how the emirate gains by playing all sides | Finance & economics (2022)
Though the beginnings of the Byzantine Empire are unclear, its demise is not. The history of the Eastern Roman Empire, from its foundation in 324 t... (2019)
THE Israeli parliament is a rowdy place at the best of times. Last month things got especially tense. Betzalel Smotrich, a right-wing lawmaker, ca... (2018)
LAST week thousands of people took to the streets of Beirut to protest against a set of tax increases that form part of the draft budget for 2017. ... (2018)
LAST week the Lebanese government announced the final list of companies eligible to bid for its first-ever round of licensing for oil and gas explo... (2018)
ON TUESDAY Emmanuel Macron, the French president, hosted talks at which the two most influential players in Libya—Fayez al-Sarraj, the UN-backed pr... (2018)
ON January 20th Turkey launched a military operation (optimistically dubbed “Olive Branch”) in Syria's north-western enclave of Afrin. It started w... (2018)
ALONG the road from the port city of Hodeida to Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, rugged mountains rise sharply from a coastal plain, then level off, giving... (2017)
NPR, "Although the move has been welcomed by Israel, many key players in the Middle East have cautioned that it is likely to spark violence and der... (2017)
Ignoring warnings from diplomats around the world, President Trump reverses decades of American policy toward the contested city. (2017)
An ambitious project plans to use seawater and solar power for agriculture. But is it technically feasible? (2018)
Renewed U.S. sanctions against Iranian oil exports kick in officially this week as part of the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Iranian nu… (2018)
Top 5 Egyptian startup developments in 2017. (2017)
As countries in the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere struggle to find enough freshwater to meet demand, they’re increasingly turned to the ocean.... (2019)
The Middle East isn’t known for its craft beer, but these four breweries are bringing brewing back to the region. (2020)
Medieval Islamic artisans developed a process for creating elaborate, nonrepeating patterns now associated with Penrose tiles. (2013)
Researchers have pinpointed the date of what could be the oldest solar eclipse yet recorded. The event, which occurred on 30 October 1207 BC, is me... (2017)
Rick Steves' The Holy Land: Israelis and Palestinians Today (2023)
Cairo, Egypt is the capital of the Arab world and the largest desert city on the planet. For centuries it has thrived alongside the Nile, the world... (2022)
Why Iran's Geography Sucks (2022)
What I learned from visiting 15 Israeli settlements Watch Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0uLbeQlwjw Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.... (2019)
The maps that explain the settlers. You can watch a more comprehensive history of the Israel-Palestine here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRYZj... (2019)
Vox Published on Jan 20, 2016 The conflict is really only 100 years old. (2018)
Vox Published on May 16, 2018 The U.S. embassy to Israel has moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Here's how this sacred city factors into a confl... (2018)
Vox Published on Jan 23, 2018 This young prince is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Listen to this episode of Worldly – Vox's we... (2018)
PBS NewsHour Published on Apr 26, 2015 Over the past few years in Israel, the country's water shortage has become a surplus. Through a combinat... (2018)