Kuwait

Kuwait Transformed: linking urban development to social change

It was a real treat to read Farah Al Nakib’s book: Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life.  I’ve captured some of my thoughts in a recently published review piece, excerpts are below: Al-Nakib vividly depicts the economic, social, and political interactions occurring in the port, the suq (market), the mixed-class firjan (neighborhoods), and the homes of pre-oil […]

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Air quality…easily the greatest threat

The current main concerns with air quality in Abu Dhabi are the high ambient concentrations of particulate matter (PM10) and ground level ozone (O3)… Abu Dhabi’s annual average concentrations of PM10 were seven times higher than the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 20µg/m3 with peaks during dust storms reaching 14 , times the guideline. The

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