Farah Hegazi @FarahHegazi

In 2015, the number of people displaced by conflict hit a record high of 62.1 million people. Often, displaced individuals are forced to live in hastily...

Just last week, at least one million traders in Tamil Nadu, India, boycotted carbonated beverages, including those produced by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, after the...

Two months ago, Muftah’s Charlie Hoyle wrote about the electricity crisis in Gaza, arguing that it is a product of “a joint Israeli-Egyptian blockade on...

The revelation that revenue from mineral sales was fueling civil conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prompted legislators in the United States...

In 1991, Saddam Hussein’s troops set at least 700 Kuwaiti oil fields alight, as they retreated from Kuwait during the First Gulf War. The oil fields burned...

Over the past two weeks, the Western news media has focused on the U.S. raid in Yemen, which targeted Qasim Al-Raymi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian...

Last week, Médecins Sans Frontièrs (MSF), published a photo essay on the effects Yemen's civil war is having on healthcare services. Its central message is...

In 2014, the United States and Russia started launching air strikes on ISIS-controlled oil fields. The air strikes were an attempt to cut off the group’s...

It is difficult to believe that in the United States, one of the world’s richest countries, there are still an estimated 508,997 homes that do not have...

Earlier this month, reports emerged that Damascus’ water infrastructure had become another casualty of the civil war in Syria. News of disruptions to the...

Over twenty years ago, the Egyptian government decided to implement pilot projects to plant forests in Egypt’s deserts. While the idea may seem odd, since...

Walking through Cairo, it is difficult to miss the piles of garbage on the side of the road. This mismanagement of solid waste is a result of two decisions the...

In 2015, 2.4 billion people did not have access to adequate sanitation, which is defined as a process that “hygienically separates human excreta from human...

Making a living in a post-conflict society is challenging. In Afghanistan, where agricultural and export markets are limited, cultivating poppy plants is among...

Poor. That is how the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) rates the United States’s water and wastewater infrastructure. The ASCE estimates that the...

With growing demands for energy in Egypt, the government is moving beyond fossil fuels and hydropower, and is promoting renewable energy sources, like solar...

Four years ago, I wrote an article questioning whether Jordan had enough water to handle the influx of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war. Today, Jordan has...

After stalling because of disagreements over the definition of “water security,” Egypt and Ethiopia resumed negotiations over the Nile Basin’s water...