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Born to be unplugged: On exposure to nature and the mental health of children

Maha T. Khalil | Is there a connection between children's behavior and their exposure to natural environments?

28 July 2018

The secret of the scented sand in 10th of Ramadan City

Karoline Kamel | In a deserted area in 10th of Ramadan City men, women and children are collecting bags of scented sand

11 May 2017

Growing a market for organic produce: Makar Farms

Lara El Gibaly | Makar Farms introduces new vegetables to Egypt and launches a new series of chef’s table lunches

16 March 2017

Exhibition showcases hazards of plastic waste

Isabel Esterman | Visitors to Out to Sea? The Plastic Garbage Project, an exhibition at Darb 1718 in Old Cairo, are greeted

22 September 2014

A new minister, a different environment

Isabel Esterman | For a few months in the fall and spring, it seemed like Laila Iskandar, then minister of environment,

3 August 2014

Ramadan show shamed for trashing protected Sinai site

Isabel Esterman | Pop star Mohamed Fouad’s Ramadan prank show “Fo2sh Bel Moaskar” (Fouad in the army camp)

22 July 2014

Visitors from the sky

Isabel Esterman | Every spring, millions of birds pass through Egypt on their northern migrations. Along the way, they

3 April 2014

Egypt working toward energy mix, not coal imports, claims Iskandar

Amira Salah-Ahmed | Egypt is working towards finding a new energy mix for industry, and particularly for cement plants, according

10 March 2014

Future of Egypt’s coal imports still topic of heated debate

Isabel Esterman | With Egypt in the grips of both an economic crisis and a severe power shortage, the question of whether

21 February 2014

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