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It’s like finding a map back to your grandmother’s pantry, but with the tools of a climate-conscious chef.

After the dreadful attacks of October 7, 2023, Israel and the Jewish people went to war on three fronts. While the army fights the war of bodies, and government officials and journalists wage the war of minds, every Jew on earth is a soldier in our war for wellness.

The book Care for Creation; An Islamic Perspective, has recently been authored by the prominent Turkish environmentalist Professor İbrahim Özdemir. The topic couldn’t be more crucial nowadays; Europe has planned to slash carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 and the need of a global effort to tackle, in several manners, climate change is increasingly discussed on mass media and social media, day by day.

“She’s completely covered. I didn’t expect a woman wearing a hijab would be able to speak openly about these subjects for your book.”

It’s not a book for beginning cooks, but no recipe is really difficult to manage. For example, baklava might seem intimidating to make, but with filo pastry from the supermarket, a careful cook can easily produce a trayful of that exotic sweet from this book.

Looking for some good reads about the environment and the Middle East? Then click yourself into the University of...

Want to get close to Iraqi food traditions and culture? This cook book is for you. Lyrical memoirs of...

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

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

In the book "Racing Alone", Nader Khalili pursues his own revolution using fire, earth, air and water. In “Racing Alone”,...

If you’re looking for some light reading from the Middle East, something peppered with the region's wit and satire,...

Faith is something which the Middle East has a lot of. Whether that faith is being used solely for...