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“Pop Arak” Arakino raises eyebrows and elbows in Israel

Miriam Kresh - February 24, 2014

There are usually no great surprises at the major wine festivals, which are held in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. You tend to bump into...

Lifestyle

Masafer Yatta: the Palestinian cave dwellers of Firing Zone 918 (photos)

Tafline Laylin - February 18, 2014

Many environmentally aware people from the global middle and upper class choose off-grid living, though that lifestyle is usually supplemented with solar panels and...

Lifestyle

This is what Jesus Christ’s “selfie” would look like

Faisal O'Keefe - December 29, 2022

If Jesus had a Facebook account, this could be his profile picture. So says Richard Neave, a medical artist famed for reconstructing legendary faces from...

Lifestyle

Lebanese inventor makes “alive” app for war-torn regions

Faisal O'Keefe - February 9, 2014

"I’m alive." I’ve made that call, maybe you have too. That surreal statement instantly erases panic in whomever’s on the other end of the line. ...

Lifestyle

8 green Valentine gifts that won’t put you in the red

Faisal O'Keefe - February 11, 2014

A year has passed since I penned a sampler of how Valentine’s Day goes down in the Middle East. Tempus fugit, baby, that treacly...

Lifestyle

No “Balls” allowed in Iran’s female soccer league

Faisal O'Keefe - February 9, 2014

Here in the Middle East, the mash-up between religious beliefs and human rights can be breathtakingly surreal. Take, as example, baffling contradictions within modern...

Lifestyle

Danish zoo kills healthy giraffe to avoid inbreeding [video]

Karin Kloosterman - February 10, 2014

In the latest tragedy for animal rights, and it happened in Europe, a Danish zoo has reportedly shot and killed a perfectly healthy giraffe...

Lifestyle

Nitrates and the dark side of intensive organic agriculture

Karin Kloosterman - February 9, 2014

Public awareness of healthy food products that are free of chemical additives, along with a worldwide demand to reduce industrial pollution, has led in...

Health

Breastfeeding by law, in Abu Dhabi

Karin Kloosterman - January 24, 2014

According to Islam, being breastfed is a right for all children. Now Abu Dhabi has passed a clause in their Child Rights law that...

Book Reviews

700 free e-books to up your Middle East IQ

Faisal O'Keefe - January 20, 2014

Looking for some good reads about the environment and the Middle East? Then click yourself into the University of California Press (UCP) e-books collection...

Lifestyle

Laundry soaps – is less more green? Jordanians Concentrate for the Environment

Faisal O'Keefe - January 20, 2014

Jordan is cleaning up its act, at least in terms of laundry detergent, with a project entitled Concentrate for the Environment. The voluntary, industry-led...

Lifestyle

Teaching Tu B’Shevat in classrooms without borders

Green Prophet - July 19, 2015

For many years Hebrew schools in North America barely related to the Jewish holiday of Tu B'shevat, New Year for the Trees. When I...

Lifestyle

Happy New Year Trees, and spiritual reasons for Tu B’Shevat Customs

Green Prophet - January 16, 2014

Tonight marks the end of the Jewish holiday Tu B'Shevat. The Jewish New Year of the trees. Here is an enlightening article on the...

Lifestyle

Kosher single malt whiskey: Milk & Honey Distillery whisky

Maurice Picow - September 15, 2014

Although drinking alcohol is considered to be Haram or forbidden for Muslims, alcoholic beverages are becoming increasingly popular in Israel, and among Christians in...

Lifestyle

Will the Polar Vortex “Dip” freeze the Middle East?

Maurice Picow - January 13, 2014

Extreme winter weather has been causing severe climate changes all over. The includes the Middle East, where a freak December winter storm paralyzed Jerusalem...

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