This article first appeared in Business in the Gulf in January 2010 and outlines the nuts and bolts of the satellite industry in the MENA region: Brave New World: MENA Satellite Industry
The United Arab Emirates: MENA’s Space Pioneers
I was inspired to write this article after I read about the UAE’s ambitions to reach Mars, the red planet, by the year 2021. The article was originally published in Via Satellite in August 2015. You can read it here: UAE – The Middle East’s Space Pioneers.
Pan-Arab Space Agency: Pipe Dream or Real Possibility?
This article, which was originally published in Via Satellite August, 2014, explores whether the Middle East is ready for a pan-Arab space agency. Read the original article here: Pan-Arab Space Agency – Pipe Dream or Reality?
The Role of Satellites in Saving the World from Global Warming
This article was originally published in Via Satellite in August 2014. Satellites and Global Warming I was inspired to write this article by all the devastating news I kept reading and continued to read in the press about global warming and climate change. I was relieved to learn that satellites can help us mitigate against … Continue reading
Amazing Earth from Space Pictures
Amazing Earth from Space Pictures Thanks to Reuters and the Canadian Space Agency – beautiful!
9 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Middle Eastern Satellite Industry But Didn’t…Till Now
Like much of the rest of the world, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a bastion of satellite industry activity as satellite technology is heavily relied upon for TV, Internet, voice, corporate and government services. To date, there are 3,000 satellites orbiting the earth of which approximately 1050 are operational and are used … Continue reading
Satellite Law in the 21st Century
A recent article in the London School of Economics alumni magazine Connect (vol. 23, number 1, summer 2011) by Jill Stuart, entitled “Carving Up Space”, gives an excellent and “plain vanilla” overview of satellite law as it stands today. It is also an illustration of how space law has, until recently, been a body of international … Continue reading
Satellite Law In The 21st Century 