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During the 2010 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum I attended a workshop on how the media deal with topics related to climate change. It was entitled “Climate change and the Media: Coverage Vs Advocacy” and I find it worth commenting on, especially in the context of the FC_org content package […]

The problem of water scarcity puts an undeniable blight on the lives of millions of people, including in Jordan which has been ranked tenth out of the seventeen states in “extreme risk” by Maplecroft’s Water Stress Index. The challenges of water scarcity may seem remote to visitors to the rich […]

When you visit Wuhan for the first time, I bet you will be impressed by the wide Yangzi river and its crazy traffic of boats carrying sand and coal up to middle China through the Three Gorges. Located in Hubei province, Wuhan is a huge conurbation composed of 3 cities (Wuchang, […]

Though Syria and Israel are still officially in a state of war, Israel’s borders with Syria are the quietest they have been in the last 40 years. Despite the fact that Syria is backing some Palestinian militias and Hezbollah Lebanese militia, Syria still remains Israel’s friendly foe, the devil that […]

All the discussions about developments in today’s politics, society and governance inevitably start with the assumption that because the world has become a worse place to live in when compared to previous periods, all our mutual efforts should be directed towards making it work better. However, I am quite skeptical about this idea as […]