Latest from the Blog
The Levant and North Africa: on the verge of . . . .
The pandemic-induced crisis is expected to exacerbate poverty, deepen inequality and constrain households’ access to basic needs, including health service.
More from the Blog
30MW Sidi Mansour wind farm in Tunisia
This Sidi Mansour Project is meant to help Tunisia reduce its imports of fossil fuels. It announced earlier on in 2016 the launch of its solar energy plan, with the objective of making its electricity generation mix through renewables ten-fold to 30%.
Glass Facades – An obsolete typology
Glass facades for buildings have been a staple of commercial architecture since the 1950s, and the advent of two New York buildings in particular: the Seagram Building, designed by Mies Van de Rohe, and the United Nations Secretariat Building, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier.
UAE’s migrant workers fret over future
UAE’s migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy; that is according to my reading, perhaps about their own future in the Gulf region, particularly in the UAE during and above all after the passing of the pandemic. It must be reminded that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal”, or “Hope”, on July 20, 2020. This is the first space mission by the UAE, and the first Arab mission to Mars – making the world’s first launch countdown in Arabic a moment for the history books.
How Space Exploration can Benefit Small Nations
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its Mars mission dubbed “Al Amal”, or “Hope”, from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan on July 20. This is the first space mission by the UAE, and the first Arab mission to Mars – making the world’s first launch countdown in Arabic a moment for the history books.
People used Mobile Phones for Online Deliveries
The survey revealed that 53 percent of people were using smartphones for online deliveries and over 90 percent said they would continue to do so even once the virus has gone.
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated moves towards a cashless society in the Middle East, according to the latest Global Consumer Insight Survey from PwC.
Doha to grow hotel room inventory by over 10,000
Our research indicates that Doha’s hotel market will grow by 37 projects and 10,885 rooms in the next few years. We take a closer look at the development pipeline and check out a few of the most hotly anticipated openings.
Search the Blog:
Trade-Briefing
Renewables Power Generation Costs
Developing wind turbine towers with 3D-printed concrete bases by YouTube
ILO lauds Qatar’s efforts -Doha by The Peninsula
Lusail Stadium by Al Jazeera
lucca-belliboni-mYQB6tBBSG0-unsplash
dam-images-architecture-2015-01-concrete-buildings-concrete-buildings-07
Santiago Calatrava’s auditorium in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands cuts a striking figure against the Atlantic Ocean. Inside the structure, completed by the Spanish architect in 2003, a performance space is enclosed by curving abstract concrete forms.
Taghit by Chouchaoui Benyoucef
Qatar-National-Library
The Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai is the largest single-site concentrated solar power project in the world. Reuters
Costs of Technologies reshaping Energy-related Investment
Kuwait Central Bank HQ
Global uncertainty, Trade tensions, Fintech impact Banks
Parking in Dubai by filipinotimes.net
Life-threatening impact of Climate Change
Hydrocarbon Refinery in Arabia
Demonstrators in Algiers
5 steps to reshape economic geography and rejuvenate the MENA
The Place Where Jesus Was Baptised
Cross-border water planning key, report warns
How the Middle East is suffering on the front lines of climate change
MENA coastal cities will be flooded if sea level rises
Umm Abiriyeh Road to Doha, Qatar
UN urges organic carbon conservation
Arab Strategy on Housing
Drought in MENA region by SEI
Don’t bet on the UN to fix climate change
View_from_Education_City_Mosque_Qatar
Gulf wealth: all that glitters is not gold
Daily Life In Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – FEBRUARY 05: A man Jet skis past the city skyline at sunset on February 5, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the second most populous city after Dubai with a population of around two million people. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)