Designing Cities: Balancing History and Innovation

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Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighbourhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egypt, and you can see layers of history in its streets and buildings.
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Middle East economic growth to slow to 1.8 percent

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In the event of a prolonged conflict, the current impacts on the region will be compounded through elevated
energy and food prices, declining trade, tourism and remittances, increased fiscal pressures and displacement.
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AI Data Centers And The Thirst For Water

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Artificial intelligence needs vast computing power, and that power now depends on water. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), one of the world’s driest regions, this creates a serious new pressure on already scarce resources.
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Tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea

Tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea


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The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly changing under ongoing climate change. In the eastern basin, tropicalization is already well documented and driven by a combination of strong warming and the influx of tropical species through the Suez Canal.
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Brain Drain and Sustainable Development


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Brain drain refers to the large-scale emigration of skilled, educated and professionally trained individuals from developing or less developed countries to more advanced states in search of better economic opportunities, political stability, research facilities and improved quality of life.
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Urban sustainability in the global south

Urban sustainability in the global south


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rbanization in the Global South is accelerating amid a confluence of ecological, social, and developmental pressures that diverge considerably from those experienced in the Global North.
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$26bn waterfront city project in Dammam

$26bn waterfront city project in Dammam


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Strategically located in Dammam, the development is expected to be integrated with key transport corridors, including major roadway links serving the wider Eastern Region.
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Why renewable energy in MENA depends more on economic stability

Why renewable energy in MENA depends more on economic stability


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Rising inflation and economic instability are the critical obstacles to renewable energy growth across the MENA region, according to new academic research. While the region has invested heavily in solar and wind capacity, long-term deployment remains vulnerable to shifting macroeconomic conditions. Inflation acts as a persistent brake on renewable energy deployment across the region. Renewable energy projects are capital-intensive by nature, with long payback periods and returns that depend heavily on stable financial conditions.
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