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Fight Crime By Getting the Lead Out

Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Myanmar and Yemen are still using leaded gasoline and many others have lead contaminated plumbing, soil, paint and household products. How...

Make your own sugar wax

Sugar wax, sugaring or Persian waxing, whatever you want to call it there is an old, tried and true way to wax, naturally.

Parrots Die After Exposure to Fumes from Non Stick Cook Ware

This grey Congo parrot could be at risk if exposed to  cooking fumes from PTFE coated cookware Issues surrounding the safety of ceramic and other...

Aussie trumps big tobacco

Government scored a massive win over the tobacco industry in 2012 when the Australian High Court ruled in favor of plain packaging for cigarettes, making this the first country to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain, standardized packaging.

WHO: Global Fertility Rates Mostly Holding Steady (Middle East exception)

Worldwide close to 50 million couples are unable to conceive after five years of trying, states a recent report. A recent World Health Organization report...

Globally, Obesity is Now Deadlier Than Hunger

Need incentive to eat healthier?  Diabetes, stroke and heart disease, have become the dominant cause of death and disability worldwide. Obesity and its myriad complications...

Saudi takes the Nile to feed grass-fed cows

Land grabs are old news, but National Geographic has taken a closer look at Saudi's African interests in particular and the resulting story is...

Turmeric Helps Conquer Arthritic Inflammation

In the Middle East, now is the time to buy fresh turmeric root for freezing or planting.

7 Evergreen Books on Sustainable Food for Your New Year

Eating sustainably can make a huge impact on our planet. We all know that eating sustainably, and eating local is good for the planet and...

Swine Flu Claims Nine West Bank Lives

Nine people in the West Bank have died from swine flu, the office of Palestinian Authority Prime Minster Salam Fayyad announced on Saturday, and the...

Mushroom Farmers Start to Sprout Up in Iraq

While they might not completely satisfy the Middle East vegetarian, Iraq's Kurds have found a lucrative new way to cash in on year-round crops,...

As Sanctions Hit Iranians, Iranians Hit Hard Drugs Harder

World powers be what they may have put a heavy hand on Iran and as the sanctions hit the people with economic woes, they...

Simple Oregano Keeps Chickens Disease Free

It's za'atar season in the Middle East and though we don't really need it, there's another reason to love this versatile spice: it could...

Make Mansaf, a Bedouin rice dish

Our continued investigation into  sustainable Middle Eastern food focuses on Mansaf, the Jordanian national dish. Regional cuisines evolve from foods that are available locally and...

Vegetarianism Can Save the Middle East

With 6 of the top 10 most obese countries located in the Middle East, maybe it is time to look at reducing our meat...

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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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