Societies and Cultures

The weaponisation of water and Iraq’s climate catastrophe

Writer: Saoud Khalaf

Without the Tigris and Euphrates, civilisation as we know it would not have existed. Such is the significance of these […]

An Iraqi boy walking by the Euphrates during sunset. Photograph by Alex Kay Potter

حرّاس المياه

Writer: Khaled Sulaiman

يسألني أصدقاء وصديقات، زميلات وزملاء كثر عن سبب اهتمامي بالمياه وسط كل هذه الحروب والكوارث الإنسانية التي تحيطنا من كل الجهات.

Thirsty Gulf cities: finally tapping treated wastewater

Writer: Susana F. Molina

The connections between religion and the city are undeniable; from the influence on the use of space with religious structures to city management.

The ancestral wetlands of Ghar El Melh

Writer: MedWet’s Off Your Map Team

Have you ever taken a bite from a fresh tomato grown by a traditional farmer in Tunisia’s Ghar El Melh wetlands?

The Mediterranean is a puddle

Writer: Stuart Reigeluth

“Demasiados charcos” (“too many puddles”), a senior Spanish official told me when discussing AMWAJ. Too many ‘’charcos”, I kept saying that word over and over again: ‘charcos’. Sounds like narcos.