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World Water Council and FAO step up their partnership
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World Water Council and FAO step up their partnership

August 5th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
The World Water Council (WWC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in a bid to strengthen global water and food security. Long-time partners, the two...
Water in the Muslim World
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Water in the Muslim World

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Welcome to localhost/muslim’s Special Issue on Water Challenges in the Islamic World. “Water: a source of life, production and destruction. Water is a source of life, livelihoods and prosperity. It is an input to almost...
ICBA – An Oasis in the Desert
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ICBA – An Oasis in the Desert

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Dr. Ismahane Elouafi Water can be classified as the single most critical natural resource; it is a basic human need without which there is no life. It is an input to almost all production, in agriculture, industry, energy,...
Water, Water, Everywhere?
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Water, Water, Everywhere?

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Famed for its luxury apartments, shopping malls and lush, green golf courses, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh, flies in the face of everything we think we know about the parched, desert-locked Middle East. However, the very...
Water Politics and Desalination: A brief look into the present and future with Prof. Hussein Amery
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Water Politics and Desalination: A brief look into the present and future with Prof. Hussein Amery

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Christina Boyes Across the Muslim world, water issues vary in their scope and severity. Writing from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, Syeda Mariya Absar reminds us that “Muslim religious philosophy and the...
Solar Desalination for a Water-Stressed World
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Solar Desalination for a Water-Stressed World

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
How two ambitious solar-powered desalination experiments in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, may provide a blueprint for reducing scarcity of the world’s most important resource. By Russell Sticklor Most nations...
Report: Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the ME&NA
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Report: Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the ME&NA

August 2nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Demographic trends, rapid urbanization, political uncertainty, and shifting climate patterns are collectively pushing the MENA region into uncharted territory for water resource management. The increasing competition for water...
Report: The World Water Development Report 2014
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Report: The World Water Development Report 2014

August 1st, 2014 | by MuslimScience
The World Water Development Report 2014 shines light on the interdependence between the management of water and energy. Thanks to its clarity and relevance, this important document reminds us that the linkages between freshwater...
UAE plans unmanned mission to Mars by 2021
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UAE plans unmanned mission to Mars by 2021

July 22nd, 2014 | by MuslimScience
(Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it planned to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021, in the Arab world’s first mission to another planet. A UAE Space Agency will be set up to supervise the mission...
Nature inspires advances in silicon electronics
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Nature inspires advances in silicon electronics

July 17th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Representing ninety percent of the digital electronics market, silicon electronics are instrumental in the development and the future of consumer electronics and the digital world. As people have become increasingly used to...