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LED Lights Stickman Costume Shows Simple Is Sweet (and Green)

Karin Kloosterman - October 30, 2013

While the Middle East is not a usual haunt for Halloween there are some parents here and there who bring the custom from their...

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Amazing Cakes That Are Out of This World!

Faisal O'Keefe - October 22, 2013

Itchin' to best Betty Crocker by baking up new awareness to the plight of our home planet? Take a page from an Aussie zoologist who's...

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Sinkholes Transformed into Art by Liliana Ovalle

Faisal O'Keefe - October 7, 2013

Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has created a series of clay vessels based on the geological phenomena of sinkholes as part of a recent exhibition...

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Kurdish Men Dress In Drag to Support Iranian Feminism

Faisal O'Keefe - February 8, 2026

It takes a special man to carry off a skirt. In Iran, a growing group of Kurdish guys are rocking girly frocks to promote a serious message: being a woman is nothing to laugh at.

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Jordan’s Tkiyet Um Ali Serves Up Big Eid Eats for All

Faisal O'Keefe - October 7, 2013

The smirky little ram gracing billboards across Amman, Jordan is the face of Tkiyet Um Ali, an organization launched in 2006 by Jordan's Princess...

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Virtual eScapegoat Lets Jews Atone Online

Faisal O'Keefe - October 7, 2013

Digital developments are lessening reliance on traditional architecture. The internet enables us to dine in "restaurants" and sleep in "hotels" that are actually ordinary people's...

Lifestyle

Oceans Spiralling Downward, Threatening Life on Earth

Karin Kloosterman - October 6, 2013

This is not an Orson Welles-esque prank, but real and scary: An international panel of marine scientists is demanding urgent remedies to halt ocean...

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#Crazy Arab Men #Posing #Wearing Nail Polish #WTF

Faisal O'Keefe - October 6, 2013

Saudi men are sporting pedicures and manicures and posing hairy legs in tweeted photographs pinging across the Middle East. It's part of a new...

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Eco Blue Flags Fly at 12 More Green Beaches in United Arab Emirates

Karin Kloosterman - October 3, 2013

Nothing says 'swim to me' more than Blue Flags. The international symbol is a prestigious sign that a beach is clean, accessible, and eco-friendly....

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Vegan Advocate Natalie Portman in Israel For Directorial Debut

Karin Kloosterman - October 3, 2013

Her vegan shoe line may have failed, but Israeli-American Natalie Portman keeps her fans inspired with her brand of animal rights activism, recycled couture...

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How Do You Know That Big Eid Is Coming?

Faisal O'Keefe - September 28, 2014

Eid Al Adha, also called Big Eid and the Feast of the Sacrifice, is an important Islamic holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor...

Book Reviews

Dates, A Global History, by Nawal Nasrallah BOOK REVIEW

Miriam Kresh - December 8, 2013

In the Middle East, date palms are a natural element of the landscape. The towering trees adorn streets and march down road medians. They...

Lifestyle

The Illustrated Man Could Be a Green Giant

Faisal O'Keefe - September 29, 2013

Green Prophet applauds libraries-without-walls and mosques-minus-minarets for their minimalist environmental impact. Does it follow then that we view the tattooed or henna'ed body as...

Lifestyle

Wildlife Thrive at Flooded ‘Arabian Canal’ in Dubai Desert

Richard Allenby Pratt - September 25, 2013

In my last post I described how I had discovered the remains of a defunct development known as the 'Arabian Canal' in the desert...

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Make Simit, the Iraqi Bagel with Sesame Seeds

Green Prophet - December 14, 2023

Simit (also spelled simeat) are well known throughout the eastern Mediterranean countries, especially Turkey. Despite some differences, they are all shaped as rings and...

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