Julie M. Norman, UCL - The 20-point Gaza peace plan thrashed out under the leadership of the United States and agreed to by Israel is one of the most comprehensive outlines put forward publicly by the Trump administration for ending the conflict with Hamas. The plan reportedly has the buy-in of the Arab states as well as the UK and France. It could mark a pivotal point for ending the...

By Leen Al-Kilani ~ At dawn, in the light of morning gold, on the border of the desert east of Jordan is a miracle: fields of lettuce, fields of eggplant, fields of tomatoes glistening under...

By Eleanor Marsh ~ With valley windswept by wind into blue seas, century-blown fortress castle centuries' hall of centuries, Türkiye beckons holiday-makers to pastel-colored history and nature wind in crevices and recesses of the world. Treasure hunt holidays ballooning over Cappadocia, a stroll through medieval fort walls of a fortress castle footsteps, or snorkelling over blue seas along the Med coast, each as fairy tale and journey through the centuries. Cappadocia is a Dreamworld Above and Below Well beneath the surface level of Central Anatolia, well beneath from beneath our feet, lies Cappadocia, the most alien-proof vacation spot in the world. It's famous for containing within it the horror cave of "fairy...

The Palestinian family kitchen is not just a place where food can be cooked but a room of heritage where family ties are formed and family heritage kept in family food culture. Centuries-old food cooked is not a food recipe but memory, belonging, and storages of collective history. Across the region, they are traditions and ingredients gathered over centuries, carried-down tales or inscribed on printed pages. They hold personal and communal histories that are histories of struggle, displacement, celebration, and continuity. Preparing to make—working the dough, grinding spices, building layers—is calling forth ancestors who had left the rest of things elsewhere in other kitchens. Domestic home cooking learned in various Palestinian...

Mhairi Morris, Loughborough University - The ketogenic (keto) diet has been popular in recent years among people looking to lose weight and keep fit. But what many people don’t realise is that this low carb, high-fat diet has actually been used for centuries in the treatment of medical maladies, such as epilepsy. More recently, researchers have been investigating its use alongside chemotherapy to improve remission and survival in patients with advanced metastatic cancers. A recently published study in mice has now shown that the keto diet may also have use in treating tumours. But while the diet appeared to slow the tumour growth in mice with colorectal and pancreatic cancers,...

Lebanese cultural heritage is founded on Lebanon's artisanship, and Lebanon's multicultural traditional ancient heritage is duplicated around Lebanon. Professional artisans across the country hold traditions from thousand years ago and generation-to-generation technology is kept intact to still stay connected to the past. The nation has handicraft heritage in the shape...

Omani national identity has been very well described in the language of fashion, and tradition costume increasingly becomes contemporary fashion. Edge-to-the-moment contemporary fashion cultures of such nature are indication of cultural richness in Oman and indication of tension in the here and now as it gets more globalized. Traditional Omani...