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About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

“City Smell” Mappers Want Urban Planners to Use Their Noses

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on The Urban Sustainability Laboratory:
Jenn Stanley Next City June 8, 2015 This “smell map” of London shows emission odors in red and natural scents in green. (Credit: Daniele Quercia, Rossano Schifanella, Luca Maria Aiello, and Kate McLean)…

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How can cultural geography help energy policy makers? (link)

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

In an interesting post on AUSCCER blog the relationship is explained here. The theoretical and methodological approaches of cultural geography may help inform energy policy initiatives by providing insights to how people live with the arrival of winter cold in … Continue reading →

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World’s First Continually Existing University was Founded by a Muslim Woman:Fatima Al Fihri

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

Long ago a remarkable woman and a seer Fatima Al-Fihri  looked into the future  and established the world’s first university(University of Al-Qarawiyin). Interestingly, it was a Muslim woman who pioneered a model of higher learning coupled with the issuance of … Continue reading →

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Bhungroo: Manna from Heaven to end water woes

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Development Central:
-By Biplab Ketan Paul Sami Taluka in Patan district of Gujarat witnesses a nature’s bizarre phenomenon. Though it is considered to be a semi-arid region, strangely, large patches of land here remain submerged in water.…

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