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Nursing in the Middle East

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You have to love the health benefits of this amazing fruit. With Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) around the corner, certain traditional foods are ...

Too Much Salt or Not? 6 Tips for Salt

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Food For Thought – Iron Chef America’s Vegetarian Challenge

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Missing That Special Herb? Abu Dhabi Pesticide Testing Slows Supply

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Some Tips to Help Break Your Coffee Habit

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RECIPE: Compote, A Cool Healthy Dessert For Summer

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Peak Wheat? One Tenth of Iraq’s Wheat Attacked by Killer Fungus

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Pink mountain salt, sea salt, or mined?

Rock salt, Redmond sea salt, table salt, pink Himalayan salt. How much salt is in your diet might be the more important question. When it...

Ten Tips for Keeping Your Food Safe This Summer

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Sushi, Healthy or Risky – 3 Factors to Consider

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Abu Dhabi Eco-Chicks Host Green Drinks Iftar Dinner Tomorrow Night

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

Christ’s thorn jujube (Ziziphus spina-christi) also known as the sidr tree is a real, identifiable tree native to the Middle East, and it appears—directly or indirectly—in Islam, Judaism, and later Christian tradition. The connections between the three faiths are not theological agreements but overlapping uses, names, and symbolic associations rooted in the same landscape.

Farm To Table Israel Connects People To The Land

Farm To Table Israel is transforming the traditional dining experience into a hands-on journey.

The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, explained

In Islamic tradition, there is a point where creation ends — a boundary that marks the limit of what any created being can reach. That boundary is called Sidrat al-Muntahā, often translated as “the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary.”

The Air Tea Kettle creates a new way to meet plants and herbalism

Air Tea is a new technology. Instead of drinking tea, you inhale herbal vapor through warm air extraction. There is no water and no combustion. The warm air releases essential oils that are often lost in hot water and digestion.

Why Health Systems Are Reaching a Turning Point

Health emerges from a continuous energy and material flow from water through food to human physiology. Technical energy systems support this cycle through water treatment, agriculture, and infrastructure.

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