Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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Environment and Climate in the Middle East

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The hunger claims – Haaretz

If we want proof of how extreme weather conditions can effect political change, Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum says we just need to look to the Mediterranean Basin a thousand or so years ago. By Asaf Shtull-Trauring | Oct.06, 2012 Nothing like it had been seen in Egypt for centuries. “The city is paralyzed, there are no […]

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Environmental migrants: more than numbers [OurWorld 2.0]

by Jacob Park, July 13, 2011. Source: OurWorld 2.0 The political turmoils in Syria, along with Egypt and other countries in the Middle East, have entangled the international community and served as a major test of global governance. Syria’s political difficulties have lead to such problems as a stream of refugees fleeing to the Turkish […]

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