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Traditional Palestinian Farming Spurs Rare Plant Boom

Age-old agricultural techniques in the West Bank help conserve rare plants that might otherwise have perished, according to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. A...

A Culture Shock Hangover in Tunisia’s Second City

After a rough time in Tunis, Tafline pushed past a culture shock hangover to appreciate Tunisia's second largest city. When the bus stopped at the...

Egypt Suffers When Israelis Spend Passover Elsewhere

Hundreds of Israelis used to spend Passover in Sinai but this year that's very unlikely to happen and Egypt suffers as a result. Every year the...

Tour Nazareth in the Arms of An Angel

Go on a mind-shifting free tour of Nazareth with Linda (above) when you stay at the budget hotel the Fauzi Azar Inn. Nazareth, a...

SpiderNet’s Artificial Spider Web Protects Crops from Tiny Pests

What would Charlotte the spider think of this man-made SpiderNet? An Israeli made artificial spider web made to protect crops from insect pests will...

How NASA Sees the Changing Middle East Landscape

Who would have known 50 years ago that Angel Falls can be experienced like this? Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse...

Ksour – Adobe Granaries That Keep Food Cool Berber Style

This beautifully-restored adobe granary in Tunisia keeps food cool without any kind of mechanical intervention. The benefits of earth architecture have been well-documented on Green...

Dubai Dumps its Dumps

Thousands of Emirati families have been clearing space for their brand new recycling bins, distributed as part of a new waste management program started...

Naked Dead Sea bathing at Qedem hot springs

If you missed your chance to get naked at the Dead Sea with 1000 other people and the US photographer Spencer Tunick, don't fear: Green Prophet spotters have found a year-long naked-friendly hot springs bathing hole a few kilometers south of where the Dead Sea scrolls were located at Qumran.

These Pictures of Baby Arabian Sand Gazelles Will Make Your Day

This Arabian sand gazelle in the United Arab Emirates is now six days old! While some zoos in the Middle East and North Africa have...

5 Amazing Things About Tunisia that Wikipedia Won’t Tell You

Tafline's reporting trip to Tunisia has evolved into a personal odyssey that has revealed a side of the country Wikipedia can't convey. I've been in...

Syria’s Seeds Are Locked Away in Norway, But Are Seed Vaults Safe?

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault locked safe away in Norway has once again opened its steel doors welcoming 25,000 new seed samples including varieties...

An Independent Tunisia at Night (PHOTOS)

A handful of Tunisian men walk down Avenue Habib Bourguiba after a full day of protesting on Independence Day We landed in the capital as...

How To Hitchhike from Europe to the Middle East

Full of adventures, and matching the rhythm of the place, Does recounts his long hitchhiking journey from Belgium all the way to Egypt. First,...

In the West Bank, Springs of Contention

As West Bank settlers develop water sources, Palestinians say they are excluded. Which narrative is right? Ein Ariq, WEST BANK -- A convoy of white...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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