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IMF: Cut Energy Subsidies and Reduce Global CO2 by 13 Percent
Climate change is one of the most urgent issues of our time, yet most countries in the Middle East and North Africa continue to subsidize energy derived from fossil fuels. Seeking solutions, The...
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Jarir Maani’s Field Guide to Jordan is Essential Trekking Gear (Interview)
The “Field Guide to Jordan” is a fantastically comprehensive book that uses beautiful photographs and concise descriptions to introduce locals and visitors to the kingdom’s natural wonders. The guide...
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Dates, A Global History, by Nawal Nasrallah BOOK REVIEW
In the Middle East, date palms are a natural element of the landscape. The towering trees adorn streets and march down road medians. They sprout out of private gardens and public parks. Come late...
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5 Great Ever “Green” Book Ideas and Gifts for Christmas
Here are some green book gift giving ideas for Christmas: Whether you are buying for a business executive who needs to make the company more sustainable (hint, hint), a young environmental activist...
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Delights From The Garden of Eden by Nawal Nasrallah – Our Book Review
Want to get close to Iraqi food traditions and culture? This cook book is for you. Lyrical memoirs of the author’s childhood in Iraq, and the place that food had in that culture, drift through the...
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700 free e-books to up your Middle East IQ
Looking for some good reads about the environment and the Middle East? Then click yourself into the University of California Press (UCP) e-books collection (link here) offering free access to hundreds...
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The Martian movie started as a book – here’s the review
Imagine that you are a castaway on a dead planet. You only have provisions for a few days and you are absolutely alone. How would you survive? Andy Weir turned this question into his best-selling...
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6 great reads for Arab American Heritage Month
April is Arab American Heritage Month, and here are six publications from a half dozen Arab American authors whose work is influencing the literary landscape of the USA, and beyond. I’ve chosen one for...
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Get your kids writing for the environment
Aldo Leopold was an American author who believed that our well-being, or the well-being of all people was tied to the environment. He created today’s idea of community to enlarge it to sentient and...
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Ozlem’s Turkish Table cookbook for everyday and festivals: Our Review
Cook like the Turks, healthy and delicious. Miriam finds a few “keeper” recipes in this new Turkish cookbook Every Turkish kitchen produces dishes that began somewhere in Central Asia, the Middle...
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