Tafline Laylin is a freelance editor and journalist who specializes in sustainable design and environmental issues throughout the MENA region. She is the managing editor of Green Prophet and news editor for Inhabitat and currently divides her time between various countries.

Back to Balance

[caption id="attachment_55249585" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemeni farmers sit near a patch of dry farmland in Sana'a, Yemen, on January 25,…

Wheeling and Dealing Ottoman Stools

[caption id="attachment_55250094" align="alignnone" width="620"] One of Hala Smadi's Ottoman-style stools. (Courtesy of Wheels by Hala Smadi)[…

A Hunger for Solutions

[caption id="attachment_55250552" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqis harvest potatoes in a field on June 24, 2014.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)[…