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Pop Your Own Chemical-Free Popcorn

The kids will think you are a magician when you make this chemical free popcorn.

5 fresh fig recipes for summer snacking, Middle East style

So many ways to eat sensual summery figs. Here are 5 ways.

How Climate Change Contributed to The Syrian Uprising

Years of drought and mass displacement in Syria may have been the straw that broke the camel's back and led to the ongoing uprising Following...

Jellyfish Stir Fry? An Adventure in Sustainable Cooking

With all the delicious food available in Israel, why cook jellyfish? It seems that Gal got fed up with the seasonal jellyfish invasion that makes the beach impossible and decided to turn the pest into something tasty.

Plants Of The Quran: Pomegranate

Princely and purposeful, the pomegranate has heavenly resonance in Islam for being a honeycomb of good health, sent from above.

How to avoid food waste on Passover

Jews in Israel and around the world prepare at least a couple weeks in advance for the week-long Passover holiday More than any other Jewish holiday, Passover is all about the food.

How to make naturally fermented sauerkraut, without vinegar

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

Choose The Best Olives for Pickling

Learn how to buy olives in the market and then how to salt and ferment them.

Pomegranates are a natural aphrodisiac

Pomegranates are enjoying a resurgence in popularity around the globe, in part because they are nutritious as well as deserving of their reputation as a food to put you in the mood.

7 Gulf Fish That Are Totally OK To Eat

There's a lot of buzz about overfishing, but navigating what is sustainable to eat is not so easy in the Middle East, where we...

Sustainable and halal? 10 easy ways to eat like an eco-Muslim

You don't have to be Muslim, to eat Halal. Green Prophet's eco-Muslim Zaufishan provides ten top tips for a more organic and Islamic diet, leading up to Ramadan.

Make Smen: Spiced, Aged, Middle Eastern Butter

Every culture seems to have its ghee. This is smen, clarified butter from Morocco. It gives a flavor to all your food.

Argan oil for hair and food is nut oil broken by a goat’s butt

Before modern times, the Berbers or Amazighs (indigenous people of Morocco) of this area would collect undigested argan pits from the waste of goats which climb the trees to eat their fruit. The pits were then ground and pressed to make the nutty oil used in cooking and cosmetics.

Despite Ban, UAE remains market hub for shark fins and their soup

Green Prophet delves into the bloody and murky business of shark fishing and fining in the United Arab Emirates Following the recent shocking incident where...

Carob Nut Balls

The sweetly named carob tree produces a fruit that can be used as a chocolate substitute. Its cultivation is less harmful to the environment and it can made into syrups, desserts, spreads, toffees, drinks or used as a sweetener.

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Recipe: Nettles Malfatti

Springtime foraging yields a harvest of wild greens to cook at home, like nettles. Make delicious nettles malfatti dumplings with this recipe.

Yalla Parkour – A Gaza documentary of the movement before the war

Yalla Parkour, directed by Areeb Zuaiter, captures this culture from within. The film follows Zuaiter’s long relationship with Ahmed Matar, a parkour athlete in Gaza, as she reflects on loss, memory, and belonging after the death of her mother. What begins as a personal search gradually opens into a portrait of how movement shapes young lives under constraint.

The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

Al-Rumaydh describes the Sidr less as a single organism and more as a working ecological unit. Its deep roots reach down toward groundwater, while lateral roots spread wide to catch surface moisture. Its dense canopy slows wind instead of blocking it abruptly, reducing erosion.

Our hair shows that banning lead works

An analysis of hair samples conducted by University of Utah scientists shows precipitous reductions in lead levels since 1916.

Sony builds the world’s first global supply chain for renewable plastics in high-performance electronics

The supply chain includes chemical and materials heavyweights such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Neste Corporation, Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS, Hanwha Impact, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre, and SK Geo Centric, among others.

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Recipe: Nettles Malfatti

Springtime foraging yields a harvest of wild greens to cook at home, like nettles. Make delicious nettles malfatti dumplings with this recipe.

Yalla Parkour – A Gaza documentary of the movement before the war

Yalla Parkour, directed by Areeb Zuaiter, captures this culture from within. The film follows Zuaiter’s long relationship with Ahmed Matar, a parkour athlete in Gaza, as she reflects on loss, memory, and belonging after the death of her mother. What begins as a personal search gradually opens into a portrait of how movement shapes young lives under constraint.

The holy sidr tree can stop desertification

Al-Rumaydh describes the Sidr less as a single organism and more as a working ecological unit. Its deep roots reach down toward groundwater, while lateral roots spread wide to catch surface moisture. Its dense canopy slows wind instead of blocking it abruptly, reducing erosion.

Our hair shows that banning lead works

An analysis of hair samples conducted by University of Utah scientists shows precipitous reductions in lead levels since 1916.

Sony builds the world’s first global supply chain for renewable plastics in high-performance electronics

The supply chain includes chemical and materials heavyweights such as Mitsubishi Corporation, Neste Corporation, Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, Idemitsu Kosan, ENEOS, Hanwha Impact, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre, and SK Geo Centric, among others.

6 Payment Processors With the Fastest Onboarding for SMBs

Get your SMB up and running fast with these 6 payment processors. Compare the quickest onboarding options to start accepting customer payments without delay.

Astro uses AI to help procure land for renewable energy

For oil-rich, environmentally vigilant Gulf states, Astro isn’t just another startup story. It is a blueprint for accelerating an energy transition that is now existential, not optional.

The Science Behind How Elite Marathon Runners Train

Discover the science behind elite marathon training. Explore techniques, nutrition, and mental strategies that propel top runners to success.
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