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First Arab Woman Ever to Win Nobel Peace Prize

Tawakkol Karman accepting the Nobel Peace Prize last Saturday in Oslo, Norway. Photo via the NY Times. Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist and political activist...

Should Mosques Be Muzzled?

A spiritual call to prayer or noise pollution? Some communities seek ban on mosque call in Israel Should Israel be more lenient than Europe in...

Sustainable Golf in the Middle East

Bisharat Golf Course in Jordan is a golfer's green gone brown, including biodegradable golf balls Golfers love sunshine, warm dry air and a chance to...

Help Protect Coastal Fisheries – The Islamic Way

The Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences wants your vote for its project aimed at protecting coastal fisheries One of the world's oldest Green...

Turkey’s First Green Lifestyle Website Yeşilist, Now Bilingual

Living in Turkey and curious about where to find your nearest organic market? How to recycle? Where to take yoga classes? Yeşilist offers Turks...

Ancient Middle East Craft is Knitting Bridges

Often-ridiculed craft with ancient Middle Eastern roots serves as gentle conduit to change.  It’s pretty much agreed that the origins of knitting are placed somewhere in...

5 Green Books to Buy for Christmas (Or Hannukah)

There are more Christians in Egypt than Jews in Israel. And few westerners might realize that there are Christian Arabs living in the Holy...

Interfaith Women’s Group Commemorates Carmel Fire Tragedy

Faith-based TRUST-WIN women's initiative promotes peace between peoples of the Middle East. Muslim, Christians, Druze, and Jews gathered in the Galilee town of Dalyat Al-Carmel...

Women are Aroused by Cucumbers and Carrots According to an Islamic Cleric

A Muslim Cleric in Europe has stated that cucumbers and carrots prompt women to have seedy sexual thoughts and that they should therefore be...

Artist Chronicles the Petrochemical Age With Crude Oil Paintings

Piers Secunda spent years collecting archival footage and crude oil to create these striking historical paintings currently on display at the Aubin Gallery in...

Santa on a Camel in Qatar: are the Reindeers Protesting?

Santa takes a ride on a camel in Doha, Qatar, where it was recently announced the COP 18 talks will be held. Santa has the...

Alon Tal Paints a Picture of Israel’s Environment Wrongs and Rights (INTERVIEW)

Joshua interviews Israel's most influential and accomplished environmentalist, Dr. Alon Tal.  Where is Israel at in terms of environmental protection?  Get the scoop here. Israel...

Barefoot Bloggers Help You Write to Save the Planet

Four years ago when I started Green Prophet I wanted a space to share the good green news from the Middle East – news...

About Hijri, the Islamic New Year

Astronomical time savers, renewable faith and eco-terrorism. Another year has passed of the Islamic calendar. Over a thousand years since the first eco-mosque, but are Muslims any more greener at the end of it?

Dubai Does Big Bus Tours

A Dubai Big Bus passing ultra luxurious Atlantis on the Palm hotel. Green is where the money is. The futuristic city of Dubai is often...

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PETA will pay meat workers $10,000 to blow the whistle. Is that a good thing?

PETA is offering $10,000 for reporting mislabelled meat.

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Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

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