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Msheireb Properties Wins Two Prestigious Arabian Property Awards
MP bags two awards for Best Sustainable Residential Development and Best Architecture Multiple Residences, nominated Best in Arabia at The Arabian Property Awards Msheireb Properties, Qatar’s national real estate developer and a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation, was awarded two prestigious [...]
Planning a BBQ? Not if you want to save the planet
ROME: Meat sizzling on the barbecue might be synonymous with summer, but consumers should re-think their menus to save the planet, a U.S.-based research group said on Wednesday. [...]
Air conditioning is making the world a hotter place
With two-thirds of the U.S. experiencing a heat wave, it seems like a good time to talk about air conditioning. According to the annual Characteristics of New Housing data released by the Census Bureau early this month, 94% of the [...]
Eid Ul-Adha – Celebrating history’s greatest sacrifice!
As Muslims across the world prepare to celebrate Eid Ul-Adha – one of the two major festivals of Islam - here is a brief history to provide you with the backdrop of this beautiful tradition. What happens on the day [...]
Earthlings living on Mars? It’s ‘a possibility in our lifetime,’ scientists discover
Inspired by science fiction and a strange phenomenon on the Martian surface, researchers have discovered a way that Earth life could survive on the red planet. A team of scientists at Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, and Nasa’s Jet [...]
Give and Go
Wasting food is bad for the environment, including the climate. We waste about a third of all food? produced for human consumption. Food waste is a very serious issue not only in Qatar, but across the world. It’s so big [...]