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MERS Risk and Hajj – How to Prepare for a Healthy Pilgrammage

Public health officials in the Gulf states are playing down fears about an outbreak of the deadly MERS coronavirus among pilgrims travelling to the...

Camel Meat Enters The Gourmet World

If someone offered you camel bourguignon or a camel-burger on a gold-leaf bun, would you think they were kidding? We offered you an affordable...

Turkish Winter Soup With Bulgur Gnocchi – A Vegetarian Recipe From Istanbul

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Insha’allah, All Good Pilgrims Survive Hajj Despite MERS Risk

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Bats Blamed for Deadly Middle East MERS Respiratory Virus

The deadly coronavirus behind Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) has been isolated in a bat in Saudi Arabia, according to a report in the...

Tel Aviv Couple Find Horse Meat in their Paella

Although the international furor around horse meat has died down since it first escalated earlier this year, the shock is all too fresh for...

Carcinogens Found in 98 Common Cosmetics and Soaps: Do Not Wash, Rinse nor Repeat!

The American nonprofit Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has found a cancer-causing chemical in 98 shampoos, soaps, and other personal care products sold by...

Cilantro can clean water

So addicted to technology, we have forgotten that nature has an answer to just about everything - including water purification. Douglas Schauer, a PhD...

For Some Iranians Meatless Monday Isn’t a Choice

Meat consumption in Iran has soared by 60 percent since 2005, according to the Omega Research Team (ORT), so the group is trying to...

Saudi Ministry of Health Sued Over Death of Obese Man

An 840 pound Saudi man died last week from complications associated with his weight and his passing is  loudly being mourned online. Is it...

Parkinson’s disease can be seen in your handwriting

By the time a patient notices the symptoms, treatment options against the progression of Parkinson's is limited. While some of us might rather live...

Jordan’s Environmentalists Seek Seat at Government Table

Jordan's activists have officially petitioned to re-establish the country’s "green party", according to human rights activist Ghandi Abu Sharar, who was also a founding...

Consider Hand Washing Your Dishes as Turks Find Toxins in Kitchens

Blue cheese, yogurt, and yeasty breads are delectable byproducts of fungi, a kingdom of naturally occurring organisms distinct from animals, plants and bacteria.  Fungi...

RECIPE: Rice With Noodles – A Middle-Eastern Favorite

Rice is the standard "background" dish in many Middle Eastern menus. It's often cooked quite plain, as a foil to the intense colors and...

Eatwith, The Airbnb for Foodies

There's a new business afloat that links people to people for the purpose of sharing authentic local dining experiences.  I found EatWith.com a month...

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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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Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

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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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Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

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