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Looking inside a Bedouin tent

Poking around to learn more about these remarkable people, I came across a short documentary film featuring Bedouin children living in Bekaa, Lebanon. As the kids share their daily routines, their play and work, their hopes and dreams, a tiny flap in the tent is lifted. It’s an amazing piece.

Saudi Athletes With Headscarf Problems, Again?

If football could redesign their way around the health and safety issue, why can't judo? The ruckus over allowing competitive athletes to wear the hijab...

Middle East’s Olympians Exempted from Ramadan Fasting

Islamic scholars decree that Muslims athletes participating in the Olympic games are exempted from fasting. Throughout Ramadan, Muslims must refrain from eating or drinking from...

Ramadan Crafting Ideas

While away the long, hot hours of fasting with these fun and festive crafting ideas for Ramadan In times of stress, I turn to sewing...

Green Iftar Event Hosted By Abu Dhabi’s Eco-Chicks

Join Abu Dhabi's Eco-Chicks for a Green Iftar on 6th of August and support 'Recycle for a Cause' After a busy year mapping out green...

Pink Balloon Protest: Lebanese Reclaim Beirut Beach

Horsh Beirut is not the only public space that has been hijacked from the residents of Beirut. In the years since the war, most...

5 ways to uplift and green your Ramadan Iftar (fast)

From vegetarian recipes to cutting out plastic, Arwa puts together a Green Iftar Guide to make your Ramadan a little more eco-friendly Ramadan is...

Cherish AC water runoff

Tomato sprouts growing with AC water: waste not want not! Another hot summer is now upon us and most people in the Middle East that...

BADIR Offers Young Jordanians a Shot at Social Change

Are you a social entrepreneur in Jordan? Do you want to see positive change in your community? Here's your shot to take your "green"...

Sustainable Ramadan how-to guide

Green iftars, and sustainable ways Muslims can approach the holy month of Ramadan. The holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan, occurs in a...

6 Ways to Make Your Conference Go “Green”

All conferences, regardless of their topic, are inherently unsustainable. International events with attendees and speakers from around the world often leave an enormous carbon...

“Host Greener Iftars At Mosques” Is The Green Ramadan Message From Imam Zaid Shakir (VIDEO)

Green scholar Imam Zaid Shakir speaks to the fasting community pre-Ramadan about the influential initiative of "Greening mosque iftars". Inter-faith organisation Green Faith will also host a Green Ramadan webinar with a key presentation by the green Imam.

Social Protests Connect the Dots to the Environment

Egypt's social protests deeply rooted in issues connected to environmental ones. It's definitely a hot time in our world this summer: there are massive brush and...

Obese Gulf Boy Suffers Fatal Heart Attack Aboard Flight to Bangkok

The Gulf obesity epidemic in has come under increased scrutiny recently. Supersized boys and girls are barely recognizable and four of the world's fattest...

Ramadan Food Waste and Green Tips for Cutting it Down

Muslims will probably throw away more than 40 percent of all food prepared daily during the upcoming Ramadan – read our food saving tips...

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How to Effectively Promote Your Sustainability Progress

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Sámi shaman drums: why owning one could get you killed in Scandinavia

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Adamah in Los Angeles wants to make Jewish climate action local, practical and spiritual

At a time when climate anxiety can feel abstract and overwhelming, and being Jewish something people may need to hide in big cities, Adamah Los Angeles is trying something different: turning Jewish values into local climate action with dirt-under-the-fingernails practicality.
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