Health

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Bedouin folk medicine by Miriam Aborkeek

I had the pleasure of meeting this enterprising Bedouin woman, Miriam Aborkeek while on a Bedouin home stay and personal tour with Yeela Raanan...

Khat Addiction Threatens Yemen’s Future

The poorest country in the Arab world is addicted to chewing catha edulis or khat leaves, which gives men, women and children, an amphetamine-like...

4 Fs of Eating for Optimal Sexual Health

A plant-rich diet is best for your sexual and reproductive wellbeing. The Mediterranean Diet is often hailed as an excellent choice for those who want...

Grabbing Foreign Lands to Buffer Resource Shortages

It's real-life Hunger Games, and the Middle East is among the busiest land-grabbers. In the last decade, nearly half a billion acres of land –...

Eggplant Lovers Get New Sabich Restaurant in Tel Aviv

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Practical Herbs by Henriette Kress: BOOK REVIEW

If you're interested in healing with herbs, this is the book to start from. Henriette Kress is a well-known Finnish herbalist who maintains Henriette's Herbal...

Islam and Garlic (Thūm)

Pungent and bittersweet, garlic is no stranger to Muslim cuisine. Check out what makes it eco-holy and why a clove a day is a needed health top-up.

Natural Holy Land Healing Research Center in Jerusalem

Seaweed is prolific in Israel’s Mediterranean Sea. It makes sense, then, that Middle Eastern ancients used it to help alleviate a host of ailments...

Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda Market – How to Eat Your Way Through It

Shuk Bites - for $26 you can eat your way through Jerusalem's famous food market There are plenty of self-guided tours in Jerusalem, and even...

Angry Cow Murders Its Gazan Slaughterer During Muslim Eid Festival

Amateur slaughterers are often injured on the job. Should slaughtering be left to the professionals? The annual Hajj pilgrimage, on which we wrote about efforts...

Camel Milk Chocolate and Mideast Dates Permeate Global Markets

Camel milk and dates are now bona fide links in the international gourmet food chain. And while this bodes well for Middle East economics, is...

Make Tej, Ethiopian Honey Beer

This is a honey wine or honey beer, a traditional recipe that comes from Ethiopia

Locust swarm alert

A small swarm of locusts can eat the food of 35,000 people but they can also eradicate a wheat field in no time. 

Olive Season is Here: Buy Local or DIY

Picking olives the traditional way is less damaging to the fruit The annual olive harvest is here in the Middle East again. For people living...

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