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Organic Garden at Neveh Amit Retirement Home Keeps Centenarians and the Environment Healthy

When most of us think about retirement homes, we think about sad, isolated places with TVs turned to the highest possible volume, very few...

Middle East Smokers: Think About Your Heart

Pipe use and smoking is increasing in the Middle East, but new research shows this habit is bad for your heart. While westerners are...

Environmental Triggers of Arthritis Include Lipstick and Hairspray

There are environmental triggers (hairspray! lipstick!) of common autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, a TAU researcher reports. Our immediate environment interacts with our genetic...

Mama Nazima’s Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine by Rivka Goldman

A culinary heritage centuries old is preserved in this cookbook. This is a Jewish collector's cookbook. It contains 100 old-fashioned recipes that evolved out of...

Recipe: Reap Your Wild Oats To Make Nourishing Oatstraw Tea

Calcium and mineral-rich oatstraw tea nourishes, soothes - and stimulates. Wait - that's supposed to be "sow your wild oats" - isn't it? It makes more...

Five Edible Wild Plants You Can Pick Yourself

I’d always admired people who eat wild vegetables.  No water gets pumped and no gas is drilled to get those plants to the market....

Make almond blossom liquor with arak or vodka

White Almond Blossoms Make A Unique Liqueur All over the Mediterranean and Middle East, wild almond trees in fields and along highways are becoming...

Organic Pizza Fusion Has Hit Jeddah, Looking to Expand All Over Saudi Arabia

Pizza Fusion, a US-based chain, proclaims itself as being committed to "saving the earth one pizza at a time."  And now its slogan might...

Middle East Aid Springs Into Action to Help the Human Environment in Haiti

Tuesday night's horrific 7+ magnitude earthquake in Port au Prince Haiti, has all but devastated this island nation, said to be the poorest in...

Lebanese Food Blog "Taste of Beirut" Has Mouth-Watering Ideas

Taste of Beirut blog features authentic Lebanese cuisine and a great give-away. I love this blog. I love Lebanese food, and author Joumana, a Lebanese...

Chicory, Traditional Middle-Eastern Greens

Will chicory become chic? Chicory, or olesh in Arabic and Hebrew, is a tasty wild edible related to endive. Generations of  Middle Eastern peoples hand-gathered...

Find edible weeds in your garden

Last week Karin asked what weeds in her garden are edible. Today she finds out. With winter in full bloom in the Middle East...

Where Macrobiotic Meets Makluba in Jerusalem

Makluba is a Palestinian dish that can feed dozens. You can also make it macrobiotic, and vegan. Get the recipe here.

Mozart helps preemies gain weight

Premature babies must gain a certain amount of weight before they can leave hospital. Listening to Mozart could help, finds a new Middle East...

To Immunize, or Not Against the H1N1 Swine Flu?

To get the needle or not, that is the question some of us are asking. A researcher looking at bacteria model, says these ancient...

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Saudi Arabia cancels the Asian games at Neom’s Trojena

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The Saudi Startup Turning Desalination’s Toxic Waste Into Its Own Disinfectant

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

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Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

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