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Istanbul Court Annuls Almost-Finished Roma Project

The district of Sulukule has been home to Istanbul's Roma community since Byzantine times, but many of its residents were displaced to make way...

Emre Arolat’s Underground Sancaklar Mosque in Turkey is Like a Cave

We've featured some of the world's most beautiful mosques on Green Prophet, but this is the first that resembles a cave. Slated for a...

Mayor Launches “Beirut is Amazing” City Greening Plan

The mayor of Lebanon's capital Beirut has launched "Beirut is Amazing," an ambitious plan to finally green up the infamous concrete city. Following dedicated...

Lily Pad Roof to Shade and Power Kuwait’s Sabah Al-Ahmad City Culture Center

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Tent Cities to House Thousands of African Migrants in Israel’s Negev Desert

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ZERO Awards: Egyptian Designers Have a Week to Strut Their Green Stuff

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Maldives Floating Greenstar Hotel Sends the Wrong Message About Climate Change

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Remembering Hassan Fathy – Egypt’s Green Architect Of the People

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Israel’s Shumis Pizza Joint Features Row Upon Row of Recycled Tomato Cans

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Visionary Masdar CEO Named “Champion of the Earth” by UN

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the Masdar CEO, is the recipient of this year's United Nations' Champions of the Earth award. The award honours individuals...

Morocco’s Guelmim Technology School is Red Like the Sahara but Cooler

It's never difficult to pick a Moroccan building out of the crowd and this beautiful new Guelmim Technology School is no exception. Bold and...

AGi Residential Wind Tower Wins Best Architecture Multiple Residence Award

The Kuwaiti-Spanish Architecture firm AGi scooped two coveted awards at the International Property Award held in Burj Al-Arab, Dubai. In addition to being recognized...

Grim Greenhouse Gas Milestone Dims Hope for Less Climate Change

Monitoring stations all over the arctic are reading greenhouse gas concentrations of 400 parts per million - a grim new milestone that dims hope...

Dubai’s ‘Sustainable City’ to Include Horse Transportation

Not to be outdone by Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, Dubai will soon begin construction on its own 'sustainable city,' where green transportation options...

Can Qatar Balance its Oil Interests and Host a Successful Climate Summit?

I speak to Qatar-based environmental researcher Mari Luomi about the balancing act Qatar has to perform at the upcoming climate summit You could say that...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

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In Islamic tradition, there is a point where creation ends — a boundary that marks the limit of what any created being can reach. That boundary is called Sidrat al-Muntahā, often translated as “the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary.”

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