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Venomous Irukandji Jellyfish Kills Eco Bloggers

Green Prophet recently reported about alarming surges in jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea. No hand-wringing yellow journalism here, the phenomenon was scientifically assessed...

Conjugal Sex Rooms, Unplanned Pregancies, and STDs in Syrian Refugee Camps

When aid workers with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) speak to women inside Syria - many of them displaced from their homes and living...

Ancient Egyptian Jewels Crafted from Fallen Meteorites

A giant meteorite that fell out of the sky must have held special significance for ancient Egyptians, who scientists have recently confirmed banged out...

Running in Dubai: Sadomasochism for the Rich?

Earlier this year I got up before dawn one morning to photograph the Dubai marathon and 10k race. It was a foggy morning which...

3500 year-old Egyptian Relief Vandalized by Chinese Youth, Restored

A young tourist from Nanjing, China scrawled his name Ding Jinhao onto a 3500 year-old relief in a Luxor, Egypt temple. Big mistake. Photographs...

Middle East Climate Change Caused by Emirati Hottie Omar Borkan Al Gala

Three Emirati men were booted from Saudi Arabia because of their smoldering good looks. If you swallow that, then you'll also believe top scientists...

Muslims in Myanmar Forced to Two Child Limit

While limiting children, or not having them at all, is a good way to fight global warming and the demise of our poor planet,...

Jordan’s Wadi Rum in Pictures, a Green Prophet Journey

Jordan's magical red dessert is short on plastic bags, throwaway bottles, and paper litter.  Begs the question, does raw nature shame us into...

Afghan Women’s Cycling Team Is Working All Gears

Cartoonist Charles Schulz wrote, "Life is like a ten speed bicycle.  Most of us have gears we never use." A group of women in the...

Kentucky Fried Chicken Goes Underground in Gaza

A business man in the Gaza Strip has found a lucrative way of satisfying the urge for KFC by smuggling it through underground tunnels....

Solar Mamas Shows Sustainable Engineering for Bedouin Women (Film Review)

They can't read or write but a couple of brave Bedouin women from Jordan travelled far and wide to help their villages become solar...

Turkey, Iran, Syria Top List for Worst Journalism Countries

How can change occur if we're not free to write about sensitive issues like human rights and the environment? According to the 2012 census by...

IMF: Cut Energy Subsidies and Reduce Global CO2 by 13 Percent

Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our time, yet most countries in the Middle East and North Africa continue to...

Landfill: Where Dubai’s Building Rubble Piles Up

My last photo blog on Green Prophet featured one of the many sites in the Hajar Mountains from which construction aggregate is extracted. This...

World Nomads Festival: Tunisian Crafts Make Big City Debut in NYC

For the entire month of May, the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) is celebrating Tunisia in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and this weekend...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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