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Exodus from Syria Casts Dark Shadow on Muslim Holiday

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Fourteen picturesque Druze communities huddle in the shelter of Israel's Galilee mountains. Although they flow freely in and out of Israeli society, the Druze...

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Employers in Gulf countries often come under fire for making their employees work during hot summer days, when temperatures regularly hit the 40°C or...

“Spit” Samples Indicate that Cell Phones Damage DNA

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3 Frozen Watermelon Desserts

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The United Arab Emirates has imposed a temporary ban on imports of live cattle, their non-processed skins and all beef derivatives originating from the...

Your Weight is Worth Gold in Dubai

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Arsenic In Your Food? Consumers Push Regulation

When I first thought of arsenic in my food, I remembered "Arsenic and Old Lace," a movie from the 1940s where two old ladies...

14 Animal-Free Foods That Are Not Vegetarian

Last night at dinner, two seasoned lacto-vegetarians exchanged an ingredient slap-down about seemingly animal-free foods that really aren’t. My friends talk endlessly about vegetarianism....

Campylobacter Intestinal Disease Rising in the Middle East

Bacterial and viral diseases from poultry is a growing problem that affects more people worldwide than every year. Whether the disease be viral in...

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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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