Smoke rises above buildings in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in June 2023. AFP via Getty Images August 1, 2023 Sudan needs to accept its cultural diversity: urban planning can help rebuild the country and prevent future conflict Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin, King Abdulaziz University The interplay between diversity and urban planning in Sudan has created vibrant cityscapes, but also led to segregation and division.
A boy silhouetted against smog while playing cricket in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2011. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters March 30, 2017 In China and Pakistan’s coal romance, where’s the love for the climate? Fahad Saeed, King Abdulaziz University Massive new coal plants planned for Pakistan will further harm the environment in a country already suffering the effects of climate change. Solar energy is a clear alternative.