'Life halts when a storm hits': how a climate threat affects Cairo and Dubai

Stark difference in experience of sandstorms in two cities raises questions as climate crisis deepensThis is one of a short series of pieces - Between two worlds - reflecting on ways climate breakdown will affect different parts of the worldAs a young girl, I used to check the weather by looking out of my fifth-floor flat window. We lived in a congested neighbourhood in Cairo, and some days were what I called "orange-coloured weather", when sandstorms fogged the streets below.On those days, I knew there was no way I could go to school. I had asthma and needed to avoid attacks that could leave me breathless and in desperate need of an inhaler. I always wondered: was I the only one skipping school that day to protect my lungs? Continue reading...