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Hannukah Sufganyot (Jelly Donuts) Recipe

It's almost Hannukah, and Hanukkah means sufganyot. Delicious jelly doughnuts dripping with jam, a once-a-year indulgence. Sufganyot weigh in at about 300 calories per wicked,...

Superfoods, are they real or just a marketing ploy?

Maca, goji berries... what gives? Miriam shows how to buy local superfoods without the cost and fancy wasteful packaging. Colorful, flavorful, wonderful, natural products  crammed...

Saudi Blogger Gets Death Threats for Quitting a Vegan Diet

A Saudi food activist and former vegan questions whether veganism is for your health, and for the planet. Vegans reading this post might want to...

Thanksgiving Recipe: Turkey Breast Stuffed With Fruit and Nuts

Try  turkey with a Middle Eastern flair this Thanksgiving. Sometimes an entire roast turkey is just too much. And often there's so much left...

Israeli Farmers Protest Lack of Imported Farm Help by Withholding Local Produce

Which is a bigger environmental sin - imported produce or imported farmers? For the past few days Israeli farmers have been protesting a governmental decision...

LycoRed Makes Vegetarian Omega 3 For Your Candy

Getting your sustainable, vegetarian Omega 3 supplements is easy when they're hidden inside delicious confections. Getting kids to take their vitamins can be tough, which...

UAE Plans To Improve Food Security

It's no secret that the Gulf states are heavily dependent on foreign farmlands for their food and no more so than the United Arab...

Exposure to Toxins Permanently Changes DNA, Sperm, Offspring for Generations

Sperm Wars: What happens to sperm today has long term consequences for a male's offsprings health and wellbeing, new research suggests, as a result...

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Meal Can Have Meaning in the Middle East

No turkey here; but plenty of other good things that can make holiday meals festive yet veggie. Although I admit to sometimes being a...

A Turning Point for Serious Environmental Problems In Dubai

Artificial islands are sinking in the mire: Dubai has to face new environmental woes that come with "progress." When one thinks of Dubai shopping, economic...

Wet Cupping or ‘Hijama’: The Ancient Muslim Art of Healing

From Aztecs and A-list celebrities, the ancient healing practice of cupping has such a diverse fanbase and illustrious history that it's hard to credit...

The West Bank Cheese Incident

The Golden Sheep dairy produces a dazzling array of gourmet Italian cheeses from Tubas in the West Bank, including pecorino, scamorza, and ricotta. On the day that Daniella visited, Mr. Kemal Daher and Abu Sultan Zakzuk were "churning" out blobs of mozzarella cheese.

RECIPE: Turkish Meatballs And Swiss Chard

A surprising, savory green twist that takes meatballs out of the ordinary. Foodbridge, a blog featuring cross-cultural Middle Eastern recipes, was the source of this...

Do These Fats Make My Handle Look Big? Eco-Sexy Erection Foods, Part II

Men from the Middle East don't have to look far for the best diet for erectile health, says health experts. Read more about...

Muslims Who Breastfeed Save Planet Earth

New parents and nursing Muslim women will be pleased to know the Islamic perspective on nursing is pro-breastfeeding. And it doesn't cost the Earth.

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Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

On one side: aggressive anti-vaping campaigns from the FDA, Truth Initiative, and state programs, backed by over $100 million in annual spending. On the other: a public health crisis. Screenshot

Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

A new breed of luxury has landed on the Red Sea, mirrored pods floating above coral reefs, reflecting sky and sea like something not entirely of this Earth. Energy powered by solar powers, drinking water pulled from the sea using desalination. 

Roof replacements and a changing culture of all-women teams in Canada

All-women roofing team Summit Sisters installs a sustainable metal roof in Ontario as climate change forces Canadians to rethink asphalt shingles and choose longer-lasting, eco-friendly roofing options.

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Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

France is home to around 5 to 7.5 million Muslims according to estimates, and Özlem Şahin, head of the organization behind Modest Fashion Week, has described Paris as "one of the leading modest fashion capitals in Europe".

Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

On one side: aggressive anti-vaping campaigns from the FDA, Truth Initiative, and state programs, backed by over $100 million in annual spending. On the other: a public health crisis. Screenshot

Baby teeth read like tree rings paint a picture of toxins in early life

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York offers a striking insight into how the environments we are born into can quietly shape our brains years later. By analyzing naturally shed baby teeth, the ones tucked under pillows for the tooth fairy, researchers have reconstructed a detailed timeline of exposure to environmental metals during pregnancy and early infancy.

Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

A new breed of luxury has landed on the Red Sea, mirrored pods floating above coral reefs, reflecting sky and sea like something not entirely of this Earth. Energy powered by solar powers, drinking water pulled from the sea using desalination. 

Roof replacements and a changing culture of all-women teams in Canada

All-women roofing team Summit Sisters installs a sustainable metal roof in Ontario as climate change forces Canadians to rethink asphalt shingles and choose longer-lasting, eco-friendly roofing options.

Poop in the East River shows the city’s rat problem and what people like to eat

New York ecology and health can be monitored by a jug of water a week.

Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird Launches “Climate Kitchen” on Public TV

Maggie Baird, best known as the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, is stepping into a much larger spotlight, this time as a climate storyteller.

Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

Tillage is one of the clearest signals of how a farm treats its soil. Intensive plowing can degrade structure, release carbon, and increase erosion. Conservation practices—no-till, cover cropping, minimal disturbance—do the opposite. They build soil, retain water, and support biodiversity. But until now, measuring these practices at scale has been slow, expensive, and often self-reported.
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