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Spring Festival is in Egyptian Air Marked by Petrified, Stinky, Toxic Fish

Sporadic street violence, economic distress and political polarization were mostly put on ice this past Sunday as Egyptians of all classes and religions held...

Jordan Women’s Guild in Safi has Sustainable Art in the Bag

A tiny collective of rural women at the southern tip of the Dead Sea in Safi is creating art that’s omni-sustainable. Since 1999, with catalytic...

Desert Soccer Pitches Reveal Arab Obsession with Football

Ask yourself: if you lived in the deep desert, where the sand burns your soles at midday, would you run outside and play soccer?...

Common Sex Book for Orthodox Jews: Is it Kosher?

A quiet little how-to book has been translated into Hebrew offering basic sex education to Israel's Orthodox Jews. "The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy”,...

Flight Attendants as Maids? Airline Should Clean Up Its Act

A Chinese airline attracted a media mess after announcing plans to dress its cabin crew as maids and butlers. Low-cost carrier Spring Airlines unveiled...

Israel Arrests Ten 269life Animal Rights Activists, 300 Protest in Tel Aviv

As part of their campaign to make "the walls of slaughter houses transparent," a guerrila animal rights group in Israel recently scattered the heads...

Clock Book – Recipes From a Modern Moroccan Kitchen, by Tara Stevens

We've posted about the Cafe Clock blog here, including the recipe for its famous camel burger. In this delightful cookbook, Stevens includes recipes from...

The Gulf Monarchies and Climate Change – A Book Review

Working in Qatar has clearly given the academic Mari Luomi access to lots of information about the climate change rhetoric and reality of the...

Turkey’s “A Few Brave People” Wins Best Feature Film at Abu Dhabi’s Green Carpet Ceremony

A Few Brave People by Turkish director Rüya Arzu Köksal won the Golden Deer Award for Best Feature Film at the inaugural Abu Dhabi International Environmental...

Learning to Green Your Pilgrimage

Treading the path of righteousness involves the ecology too. It had never occurred to me that if I were to go camping on Mt. Meron...

Jordan Talks Plastic Waste: Action Wanted!

Random dumping and burning of plastic garbage, which constitutes a fifth of the Kingdom’s solid waste, are negatively affecting the environment and public health, said a Jordanian official.

‘Beacons – Stories For Our Not So Distant Future’ Are Climate Shorts

A great collection of short stories inspired by the ecological crisis which are honest, creative and sometimes really funny I don't know if it's just...

Turkish Barber Turns His Shop into a Mini Recycling Center

The barbershop tradition in Turkey is far more vibrant than the Hair Cutteries of America. In Turkey, men gather for their weekly shave and...

13 Radiant Photos to Honor Earth Day

It's Earth Day, which means you will see at least 100 stories in your Facebook and Twitter feeds that will list the many ways...

Saudi Agriculture To Be Hit Hard by Climate Change

Saudi Arabia and climate change do not mix well as this photo indicates As Earth Day 2013 approaches on April 22, issues of water options in...

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Elkhorn kernals planted to restore reef diversity

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