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Israel Uses CIA and FBI Technologies to Find Pesticides

Farmers and consumers face a new kind of chemical terror: pesticides. Since it is very difficult to detect the presence of toxic chemicals in...

Olives Trees Have Kurdish Roots

A new research paper traces the roots of the wild olive to one location. Olives, staple of Mediterranean cuisine, have dubious origins. Called the “tree...

A Living Wall of Herbs Within Your Reach

Miriam shows you a practical plan for constructing a living herb wall that fits your space. If growing organic culinary or healing herbs at home...

Indulge in Baked Figs, Yogurt, and Honey

The first thing I did after arriving home yesterday evening was, naturally, to open the door of my fridge and peer inside.  I got...

Let’s get a horsemeat burger

The British fast-food chain hid up to 30%  horse meat in its juicy burgers, then denied it. The British, most of whom regard eating horse...

Egypt’s Frightening Food Poverty On The Rise

According to a recent report, 81% of Egyptians don't have enough to cover their monthly food bill A recent government survey has revealed an increasing...

Grow 7 Healing Herbs At Home

You can grow a living medicine chest in your garden with little effort. The old song says, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Let's add echinacea,...

Portable LifeStraws Could Make Water Potable in Syria Refugee Camp

A small piece of plastic can save lives, preserve local eco-systems, and cut greenhouse gas emissions: finally, positive press for plastics. A Swiss-based company has...

Hard To Breathe In the Middle East – Latest NASA Images

Cold weather and a booming industrial economy is making it hard to breath in the Middle East says NASA Air pollution is a big problem...

Download Moroccan Recipes Based on Argan Oil

33 exotic Moroccan recipes from the women who make and cook with argan oil. The argan tree is a Berber identity icon, and production of...

Skin Cancer Risk Goes Up In the Afternoon Sun

A new study has found that afternoon sun is five times riskier than than sun caught in the morning hours. Are you one of those...

New Israeli Strains of Chickpeas Promise Higher Yields And Even Better Nutrition

The Hebrew University in Jerusalem improves one of the world's most important food staples. In a world where rainfall is no longer predictable and droughts...

Swine Flu Death Toll in Middle East Region

Are you at risk? Get swine flu updates for the PA, Israel, Yemen, Iraq, Tunisia and Jordan. Health officials in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)...

Eat Like A Sustainable Moroccan – Chickpea and Spinach Soup RECIPE

Moroccan flavors blend deliciously in a hearty chickpea soup. Our previous posts on sustainable eating in the Middle East/North Africa region featured rice and chicken...

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Might Destroy Us Before Global Warming

If giant plumes of gurgling methane don't keep you up at night, then try this: England's chief medical officer recently warned government officials that...

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Sports equipment is entering the bioplastics era

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NEOM’s The Line is delayed as Saudi mirage hits reality

Without blinking indeed: Saudi Arabia has reportedly delayed major work on The Line,  the planned 170-kilometer mirrored city slicing through the desert, until after 2030. Tourism projects along the Red Sea are being pushed back, and Trojena, the fantasy ski resort in the mountains fueled with artificial snow, is also effectively frozen.

Park Slope food coop boycotts “Gay Tahini” already boycotted by Muslims in Israel

The tragedy is that this kind of activism rarely builds peace. It builds tribes instead of humanity. It rewards outrage over dialogue. Once an enlightenment group starts deciding which nationalities are acceptable to boycott publicly, history suggests the line rarely stops where activists think it will.

What the small birds teach

Looking back on the pain and heartbreak I've experienced in life, the raven might be seen as an agent of destruction or might be seen as an agent of change; it turned out to be the latter, leading to greater renewal.
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