Region’s looming water crisis demands immediate action
DR. MAJID RAFIZADEH April 25, 2024 In the not-too-distant future, a pervasive challenge will haunt the entirety of the Middle East and North Africa region: a time when water shortages […]
The water crisis is a vital investment opportunity
May 10,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate Archives By Ambroise Fayolle and Henk Ovink LUXEMBOURG — Together with air, water is arguably the planet’s most important natural resource. Functioning […]
Tech advances offer new hope for easing looming Middle East water crisis
An aerial view of the drying-up marshes of Chibayish in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province. (AFP/File) ALI YOUNES February 16, 2023 WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly […]
Israeli settlements aggravate Palestine’s water crisis, says PWA head
By Mays Ibrahim Mustafa – Nov 03,2022 – Israel controls over 85 per cent of Palestinian water resources, according to Head of the Palestinian Water Authority Mazen Ghoneim (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun) […]
Righting the injustice of Africa’s water crisis
Mar 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Alex Simalabwi JOHANNESBURG — Imagine that a crisis emerges in your home, workplace, or community. You neither created it nor benefited from it. And […]
Israel thinks it can crush the life out of the Palestinian dream. We can’t let it
Israel’s occupation project is hostile to our freedom, humanity and dignity. Our only option is to continue to oppose it Ahmed Abu Artema Tuesday 22 January 2019 Palestinians in Gaza […]
Ticking time bomb: The water crisis which threatens chances for peace in the Middle East
Climate change and crumbling infrastructure are causing water shortages in Gaza, which could soon make the enclave uninhabitable, as Bel Trew reports The Independent A woman draws water from […]
War and peace, and water
Jun 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – LAURA TUCK India is currently facing its worst water crisis in years, with an estimated 330 million people — one-quarter of its population — affected by severe drought. Ethiopia is also dealing with its worst drought in decades, which has already contributed to the failure […]