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Peeing Habits of Saudi Men Revealed

Westerners may be confused about Middle Eastern customs and how people, men especially, use the 'squat' toilet. How we "go" impacts our environment: sit...

Three Qatari “Suspects” Who are Spreading MERS Virus

Guess who might be the culprit carrying a new SARS-like virus to people in the Middle East? The deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus...

Healthy Herbed Zucchini Fritters For Hanukkah: RECIPE

It's that frying time of the year again. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights which lasts for eight days. The holiday commemorates the victory of...

Israel’s Iconic Sabra Cactus Endangered by Invading Aphids

Israel, being on the "land bridge" that links it with Africa and Asia Minor, has always been well known for a number of biblical...

Surprising Reason Big Butts Are Healthy

Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates have all ranked among the world’s top 10 fattest nations with ballooning obesity rates and an...

Polio in Syria, Israel and Egypt Puts Middle East on Edge

Polio,or Poliomyelitis has not been a serious medical issue ever since the first wide scale vaccines were developed by Dr. Jonas Salk in the...

Obamacare: Amman, Jordan Style

Green Prophets burn lots of calories trying to make the planet a better place, but you can’t do much do-gooding if you’re dead. I’ll...

ShelterBox: You Can Help Philippine Survivors NOW

The number of people left homeless by the devastating Philippines typhoon Haiyan has topped 800,000 according to the latest United Nations estimate.  Haiyan was...

Ruslan Khasanov’s Microbeads “Psychedelic” Soap Are Polluting Our Seas

A photographic series entitled Pacific Light captures a spellbinding dance that begins when ink, paint and soap collide. Watch stunning color combinations puddle and...

Green and Black Olive Spreads – The Ultimate Recipes

With the Middle Eastern olive season in full swing, it's natural to think of cooking with those fleshy, savory olive morsels. If you've been...

Breasts Age Faster Than Faces! 5 Tit Tips To Help Stem Sag

In the race towards old age, our "girls" cross the finish line first!  Maybe not a prize you want to win, but breast tissue...

See Severe Animal Abuse at Israel’s Largest Kosher Poultry Slaughterhouse (VIDEO)

More massive-scale animal abuse found in Israel. This time the kosher status of the company is at stake: Following news that cattle and sheep...

Dubai is Growing Food in Salt Marshes

Scientists in Dubai are growing a new kind of food crop in salt marshes along the Persian Gulf coast. A variety of salt-resistant succulent, Salicornia...

Hookah Pipe Dangers Exposed Yet Again

Smoking the hookah, nargilah or shisha pipe is a truly fun and social way to connect in the Middle East. It's an oriental fantasy...

Middle East and Swiss Researchers: Bugs Not Gay

We have to laugh at this research, given the latest news that there is a gay test being developed by Kuwait to weed out...

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

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