From her high-rise flat in Kamalapur in downtown Dhaka, Nishat Tuly reviews a few of her recent clothing designs. Outside her window, within walking distance from Bangladesh’s largest train station, a determined [...]
Segundo Ríos Translation: Alfonso Casani – FUNCI The Valley of Ricote, also known as the Valley of the Moorish, is a historical region of Murcia (Spain), located in the middle basin of [...]
The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a big tree original from the Mediterranean region. Its exact origin is not clear because, as it has been cultivated since Ancient times due to [...]
From her high-rise flat in Kamalapur in downtown Dhaka, Nishat Tuly reviews a few of [...]
Segundo Ríos Translation: Alfonso Casani – FUNCI The Valley of Ricote, also known as the [...]
The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a big tree original from the Mediterranean region. [...]
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It is widely believed that tulips were introduced into Europe through Holland, a country which [...]
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A natural environment in the middle of Madrid and young-but-demanding participants were the perfect scene [...]
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With its purple spikes, lavender seduces both bees and people through its never-ending rectilinear furrows, [...]
In the United Nations emblem, the olive tree is represented in the shape of a [...]
CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain) researchers have discovered pruning and grape wine propagation [...]
Arabic coffee has been included among the twenty elements added to the Representative List of [...]
Aloe Vera L. In Arabic, sabir, sibr, subbara It is a succulent and perennial plant [...]
“Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce [...]
An important part of the Arab lifestyle takes place around the table, savouring a good [...]
Black cumin, as it is called in Egypt, its land of origin, although in Spain [...]
The argan tree is an endemic species from Morocco, whose fruits are oleaginous and thoroughly [...]
The word Bedouin (bedw) is referred to the habitants of Badia (al-badia, in arabic), a [...]
The last Sahabi alive. The last good fellow alive. This is how they call this [...]
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« …many herbal medications are still used in Morocco. For example, to relieve asthma, the attar [...]
“For centuries, the bitter orange had rather evil associations. Al-Tignari, the agricultural writer, said it [...]
Basketry, an art form based on plant fibres, has reached a high level of perfection [...]
“…A number of exotic crops had to be grown under irrigation, acclimatising them for the [...]
When travelling from oasis to oasis in the southern Maghreb, it is not unusual to [...]
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