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  • Hussam Qais Taha with a water buffalo
    Climate change in Iraq

    When the water buffalo die

    Iraq is one of the nations hardest hit by climate change. But the 'land between the two rivers' isn't just drying out, it's also battling groundwater contamination as a result of oil production

  • The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics.
    Interlacing cultures

    Music of the Nile

    The Nile Project was a multinational music collective inspired by a river. It sang songs in a variety of styles and languages about life along and with the Nile. Like many projects in the region, it failed because of politics. By Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

  • Iraq: thousands of dead fish wash up amid on-going drought

    Masses of dead fish have washed up in the rivers of Iraq's marshlands, highlighting the impact of the climate crisis on the region. By Florian Meyer

  • In recent weeks Iran and Afghanistan have exchanged gunfire amid rising tensions over water supplies in the region.

    Climate crisis: Iran and Afghanistan dispute Helmand water rights

    Iran and Afghanistan recently exchanged gunfire amid rising tensions over water supplies. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid south.

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    Climate change in Tunisia

    'Catastrophic' grain harvest due to drought

    A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperilling food security in the cash-strapped country

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    Dammed thirsty

    The cross-border fight for water

  • Iraq's art and literature scene

    Culture boom in Baghdad

    Frustrated with their politicians, young Iraqis are turning their backs on politics and throwing themselves into cultural life. Birgit Svensson reports from Baghdad

  • Egypt's disappointing climate goals: the country is not aiming for net-zero emissions at any point in the future, nor are there any plans to reduce emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases compared to today. irgendwann auf Netto-Null Emissionen kommen, noch findet sich in den Zielen die Absicht, den Ausstoß von klimaschädlichen Treibhausgasen im Vergleich zu heute überhaupt zu reduzieren.
    Egypt and climate change

    COP27 – the things that can't be said

    Civil society oppression, "disappointing" climate targets, drought, floods – these are the issues making waves for the Egyptian hosts at this year's international climate conference. By Tim Schauenberg

  • The next World Climate Conference COP27 begins in Egypt at the weekend. Yet, the consequences of climate change are already being felt in Alexandria, Egypt, as Karim El-Gawhary reports from Alexandria. 
    Climate change in Egypt

    Alexandria or the sea?

    The next UN climate change conference will begin in Egypt this weekend. In Alexandria, the effects of climate change can already be seen. Karim El-Gawhary reports from the stricken coastal city

  • Military parade in Algeria's capital Algiers to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from France on 5 July 2022.
    Algeria at 60

    No more lethargy – Algiers’ passive foreign policy is over

    For the first time since 1989, Algeria‘s authoritarian regime has sent a military parade marching through Algiers. A formidable show of strength designed to impress rival regional powers, the event also sought to highlight the country’s own stance on Israel and Palestine. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Iraqi gazelles are the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war
    Climate change in Middle East

    Iraqi gazelles die of hunger in a parched land

    Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war

  • The reduced flow of the Zayandeh Rood, however, is not only the result of drought: much of its water has been diverted to supply neighbouring Yazd province.
    Water mismanagement in Iran

    Drought and diversions – pulling the plug on Isfahan

    Drought and upstream water diversions have seen the Zayandeh Rood, "fertile river" in Persian, run dry since 2000, with only rare exceptions. The famed river bridges of the Iranian city of Isfahan are a beloved tourist draw – but much of the time their stone arches span just sand and rocks, not water

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