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Another Day in Tunisia: Chasing Balls Through Trash (PHOTOS)

A boy chases a ball into one of Tunisia's 400 unofficial dumps. After the hustle and bustle of Tunisia's capital medina dies down, the kids...

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Love Lipstick, Love Formaldehyde?

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Dumpster Diving for Hotel Food in Eilat, Israel

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Pink Slime Phasing Out of US Food Chains, Will Middle East Follow?

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Ancient 2000-year old date pit sprouts

Recovered from an archeological dig, an extinct date variety springs back to green life in the Arava Valley. Dates have always been a staple in...

UN Sponsors Global Wet T-Shirt Contest!

It's World Water Day today, relevant and necessary for the Middle East.  Well, not quite, but I got your attention. Raise an icy glass filled with...

Egyptians Panic as Foot and Mouth Disease Sweeps Through the Country

Many Egyptians have stopped buying meat after thousands of livestock have died from foot and mouth disease in the last three weeks. Even though it...

A Clarion Call for Sahel Drought Victims

World-renowned Sengalese musician Baaba Maal visits drought victims in Mauritania. Regardless of criticism or the fact that its narrator was arrested for disorderly conduct in...

Pink Slime A Non-Issue for Kosher McDonald’s

Good news! McDonald's burgers sold in Israel don't contain pink slime, and never did.  Pink slime, a beef filler ingredient made from from slaughter house...

Israeli Technology Creates The Basil Tree

Flavorful basil for cooking now grows on trees, says Hishshtil, Israeli garden and agricultural nursery. I'm used to growing a handful of basil sprouts...

How to make naturally fermented sauerkraut, without vinegar

You can make variations of sauerkraut and all sorts of winter sauces, using natural fermentation

Going Bananas Over Food Miles – Putting the Eco Back in Economics

Food miles explained: I know the best option is to grow and buy locally.  But when that isn't possible, what is the least worse option? It...

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The Christ’s thorn (sidr tree) is also a well-known folk medicine

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Knowing about the concept of the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary helps explain a core idea in Islam.

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