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Sex in the Saudi Means Flirting with Arrest

As we've learned from this great No Woman, No Cry video by Hisham Fageeh, Saudi Arabian rules ban women from driving. This must drive...

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

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

Amazing Cakes That Are Out of This World!

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...

Sinkholes Transformed into Art by Liliana Ovalle

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

Kurdish Men Dress In Drag to Support Iranian Feminism

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.

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

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...

Virtual eScapegoat Lets Jews Atone Online

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...

Oceans Spiralling Downward, Threatening Life on Earth

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...

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

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...

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

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....

Vegan Advocate Natalie Portman in Israel For Directorial Debut

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...

How Do You Know That Big Eid Is Coming?

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

Dates, A Global History, by Nawal Nasrallah BOOK REVIEW

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

The Illustrated Man Could Be a Green Giant

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...

Wildlife Thrive at Flooded ‘Arabian Canal’ in Dubai Desert

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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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

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Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

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