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5 Great Summer Treats from the Middle East

Rich spices and heavy wintertime comfort food: this is what often springs to mind when people think of recipes from the Middle East and...

How To Pasteurize Eggs

Making your raw, home-grown eggs safe for mayonnaise is easy. If you raise your own chickens and have plenty of healthy eggs, like chickens our editor...

Homemade Strawberry Jam Recipe

Hamutal goes strawberry picking and shows us how to can our jam like a locavore

Beating Breast Cancer with Tumeric, a Favorite Middle East Spice

Turmeric originates from Asia and is common to Indian cuisine. It is also a popular ingredient for middle eastern recipes. Worried about the side effects...

African Land Grab Continues – Middle East Is Major Buyer

According to the Worldwatch Institute's latest report on land grab, the oil-rich Gulf nations are big buyers of foreign land Since 2000, an estimated 70.2...

Israeli Tomato-Based Dye Replaces Crushed Bugs in Starbuck’s Pink Drinks

Tomat-O-Red colors foods that appetizing pink color and even offers health benefits. Like eating Shakshouka every day? Starbucks made waves with their eco-move away from...

Bahrain Balances Traditional and Modern Medicine

Bahrain’s health authority has established four directives to regulate the sale and prescription of traditional, alternative medicines. This step was taken in response to...

Get Your Blood Tested for Heavy Metals

If you live in the west or the east, in an economically advanced country or a repressed one, getting a blood test is always...

Protect your heart With bananas

What's sweet, good for you, and comes in completely biodegradable packaging? Bananas, of course. Don't let June's seasonal fruit distract you from picking up a...

Khat Juice is Pumping Up Israeli Hipsters at a Price

An illuminating article in Haaretz describes how certain industrious Israelis realized the marketing potential of khat juice - an exhilarating stimulant made from extracts...

Saudi Arabian Bukhari Rice

Pilgrims from Uzbekistan brought Ruz Bukhari with them long ago, as they traveled to Mecca and Medina. We're sure they traveled by camel caravan, but nowadays pilgrims make their haj in all kinds of ways, even by bike. Along the way, the recipe infiltrated borders, as recipes tend to do, with Pakistan, Afganistan, and Arabic countries, eventually reaching Yemen.

Ancient Music Therapy Revived in Turkish Hospital

Doctors at the Memorial Hospital, Istanbul, help patients' recovery with soulful music. In the Intensive Care unit, Dr. Erol Can puts a flute to...

Environmental Health Courses Not In Best Medical Schools: New Study

Air pollution is one of many environmental factors that impact public health. But doctors aren't learning about this, finds new Israeli study. According to...

Breast Milk Worth More Than Oil

Jet fuel in breast milk? Breasts getting bigger than generations ago? These are just two discoveries that investigative journalist, Florence William’s, shares in her latest book about the environmental impact on breasts.

Potato Salad With Middle Eastern Flavors (RECIPE)

This olive oil and lemon-based potato salad brings bright flavors to your mezze. Traditional mezze appetizers tend to based on vegetables. In our hot, dry...

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