halim sbai runs a small cafe here, and he also works as a tourist guide.ascinated by how the climate is changing his home country. chemist meryem tanarhte is researching this exact subject at the university of casablanca. studies predict that the temperature in north africa will rise twice as fast as the global averagege. >> the hot desert climate e wil be worse in ththe future, and especially in the e summer. the increasese of temperature will be upup by two degrees, threree degrees. >> two thirds of all oases in morocco have disappeared over the last century. halim and the farmers are hoping to stop the advance of the desert with bushes and trees, but also a new patent from holland. the waterbox is a pot made of bioplastics. this fledgling tree is placed inside, and then planted in the soil. then the waterbox is filled with plenty of water. the hope is that this method will give the new tree a natural water tank, and a better chance of survival. trees and bushes as a barrier. this is one way that the last fertile fields will be defended against the sahar

and in politics saeed halim pasha the grand vizier all prime minister was from egypt. the british had to find a way to challenge this holy bond between the kaleb in istanbul and his loyal arab muslim citizens. they approached hussein bin ali the sheriff of mecca he was a descendant of the prophet muhammad leader of the hush my people and ruler of islam's most holy place. the british thought he alone could challenge the kayleigh from istanbul. but he would not be straightforward. on the eve of world war one most arabs were largely supportive of the ottoman empire. they regarded it as a protector of the an islamic identity in an era of expanding european colonialism even many arab christians and jews especially after $1008.00 welcomed the liberal reforms and wrote glowingly hand the of these reforms and have these iraq and rarely ever call for independence for the arab people. to 19 away it was a significant here in this unfolding story that was when the new leaders of the committee of union and progress the young turks staged a coup removing sultan our bill from me the