Peter Schwartzstein
National Geographic
Egypt
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How climate change can help heal conflicts—not just fuel them
Increasingly, environmental cooperation is solving local conflicts around the world that are caused in part by global warming. → Read More
Iraq races to save last of Middle East's forests from burning
Firefighters and police are up against illegal loggers, border guards—and ISIS. → Read More
This vanishing forest protects the coasts—and lives—of two countries
Rising waters and illicit logging are killing the trees in the Sundarbans, the natural wall that protects the India-Bangladesh coast. → Read More
Pirates are killing endangered tigers in the jungles of South Asia
In the mangroves of Bangladesh, pirates are usurping tigers in one of their last refuges. → Read More
The Secret Lives of Cairo’s Embassies
The city’s embassies have come to form a kind of timeline in bricks and mortar for ‘who’s hot’ and ‘who’s not’ in the Arab World. → Read More
The Explosive Battle to Build Iraq's Halgurd-Sakran National Park
Amid land mines, militants, and air strikes, conservationists are trying to carve out a protected area in the war-torn country. Can they succeed? → Read More
Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
Battered by shifting resources, desperate farmers were driven into terror recruiters’ clutches. Can it happen again? → Read More
The slow destruction of much-loved masgouf, an Iraqi national dish
The lack of clean water, sanctions and ISIS have all contributed to depleting the supply of fish that is salted, fire-roasted and shared by Iraqis of all sects and political persuasions. → Read More
The Slow Destruction Of Much-Loved Masgouf, An Iraqi National Dish
The lack of clean water, sanctions and ISIS have all contributed to depleting the supply of fish that is salted, fire-roasted and shared by Iraqis of all sects and political persuasions. → Read More
The Slow Destruction Of Much-Loved Masgouf, An Iraqi National Dish
The lack of clean water, sanctions and ISIS have all contributed to depleting the supply of fish that is salted, fire-roasted and shared by Iraqis of all sects and political persuasions. → Read More
Crocodile Poaching Booms as Egypt Tourism Crumbles
Fewer foreign visitors and political chaos has led some Egyptians to turn to hunting Nile crocodiles as a source of revenue. → Read More
The World's Sunniest Country Is Killing Its Solar Power Industry
As the government cripples Egypt’s once promising renewable energy sector, factories are turning to coal. → Read More
The World's Sunniest Country Is Killing Its Solar Power Industry
As the government cripples Egypt’s once promising renewable energy sector, factories are turning to coal. → Read More
Gulf Countries Look to Farm Abroad as Aquifer Dries Up
The dream of greening the desert is dying as the water crisis leads countries to source land for growing elsewhere. → Read More
Chicken Farms Another Casualty of ISIS Takeover in Iraq
Because of their reliance on heavy equipment and use of large storage facilities, chicken farms have been particularly hard hit by ISIS, wiping out livelihoods → Read More
If Climate Change Doesn’t Sink Alexandria, Egypt’s Official Incompetence Will
It's not alone among World Heritage Sites facing encroaching seas. → Read More
Farming the Sahara
Its population soaring, Egypt is facing a food-supply crisis. Can the government make a desert bloom? → Read More
Possible Chambers in Pyramid Hold Hopes for Egypt's Tourism
Desperate to win back tourists, Egypt has ramped up efforts to solve the mysteries of the Great Pyramids of Giza. → Read More
Sudan’s Vaccination Card Black Market
In Sudan, a yellow fever vaccine costs $25. But for $8, you can get a phony certificate that says you’ve been vaccinated. → Read More
Egypt’s New Drug Addiction
As the country’s travails drag on, more and more Egyptians are turning to tramadol to dull the pain of a stalled economy. → Read More