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Mind-blowing Jordan trip on $20 a day (PHOTOS)

Sunday was Mawlid an-nabī, the observance of the birth of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed, but unlike Eid al-Fitr (Little Eid) or Eid al-Adha (Big...

Escape Cairo’s Madness with Dayma’s Newest Eco Journeys

At last, Dayma is offering the kind of eco-tour we've long dreamed of. The same people who showed students what scorpions and camels can...

She reads ancient pollen from the Sea of Galilee like an arborist does tree rings

‬The study explains short-term and cataclysmic climatic changes in the region. In addition, the new research opens up a new way for scientists to compare records and substantiate them.

Cyprus kills 1.5 million migrating songbirds to eat in fetish dish

It's illegal to serve this disgusting delicacy in restaurants, but despite being outlawed some 1.5 million songbirds will have been killed in Cyprus this...

Dubai exposed as major wildlife trafficking hub [video]

The United Nations now classifies the illegal trafficking of exotic wildlife as second only in scale to the illegal drug trade, with Dubai emerging...

World’s coolest King pushes a car stuck in snow [video]

Jordan's King Abdullah II helped push a car that was stuck in the snow while touring Amman after a major winter storm called Alexa...

World’s coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica

Some more convincing evidence that the effects of global warming are real and now. Nasa's satellites have recorded the coldest temperature ever recorded on...

4 wearable luggage ideas to beat excess baggage charges

Park your complaints about cramped seats.The growing gripe in the flying experience lies in luggage fees as costs for checked bags rise (and weight allowances reduce).

Abu Dhabi energy pylons confuse perceptions of “land” use

An awe-inspiring sight, as one departs Abu Dhabi towards Saadiyat and Yas Islands, these pylons seems to disappear into the distant sea. But we...

Nazareth Fauzi Azar Inn creates harmony between Arabs and Jews

Me and my family stayed at the Fauzi Azar Inn in Nazareth last year. Normally tourists, even backpackers don't put Nazareth top on the list for...

Middle East Hunters Promise to Stop Slaughtering Birds

Birds have a terrible time in the Middle East and North Africa. We've seen men posing with a bonnet full of dead ones, one...

Turkey’s Beaches Are Third Best in World for “Eco” Blue Flag Rating

Now that the turkey and its trimmings have digested in your belly, time to start planning a spring eco holiday! Time for Turkey? The...

Qatar Must Stop Shoreline Development to Save Mangrove Forests

The Arabian Gulf has waters that are some of the world’s most saline; and where water temperatures often reach as high as 35 degrees...

Israel’s Bird King Yossi Leshem: Jordan’s Tafila Wind Farm is a “Real Problem”

Jordan is pushing ahead with the largest commercial scale wind farm in the Middle East region, the Tafila Wind Farm, seemingly without care for...

Religions Sign On to Save the River Jordan

Our favorite peace-water NGO Friends of the Earth Middle East have just held a conference in Jordan last week and there had faith leaders...

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Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

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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The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

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Was the Flydubai cockpit emergency an attempted terror attack — or a pilot in crisis?

What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

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.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.

Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

“Beavers effectively write their history into the landscape with each shrub they cut and every pond they create by damming streams,” said lead author Dr Georgia Hole, who carried out the research at Anglia Ruskin University and is now based at Durham University.
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