Are Worm Castings the Only Organic Garden Fertilizer You Need? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37tVSfP9I_o

From the Railway to the Highway: The History of (Un)Free Movement in the Arab Mediterranean Editor’s note: This is the final entry in our theme for the month, Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean by Ingy Higazi In September 1923, Egyptian writer al-Sayyid ‘Abd al-Mu‘min Kamil al-Hakim set out on a journey from al-Qantara, east of the Suez Canal on Egypt’s northeastern border, to Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. His month-long journey [...]
https://themetropole.blog/2024..../05/30/from-the-rail

Grow More with Less Work: Direct Seeding Kale & Cannabis Together https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVTwTQnvXQM

Reading ‘Akka’s Khans Editor’s note: This is the fifth entry in our theme for May, Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean. by Francesco Anselmetti Entering ‘Akka in November 1693, ‘Abdel Ghani al-Nabulsi was overcome with disappointment. “We arrived at ‘Akka—a ruined town”, the Damascene intellectual writes, “its walls destroyed, the eye of its castle gouged out, the fruits of [...]
https://themetropole.blog/2024..../05/23/reading-akkas

The Jewish Quarter of Saïda: Intertwined Displacements and Memories of Absence in a Southern Lebanese City Editor’s Note: This is the fourth entry in our theme for the month of May: Cities of the Eastern Mediterranean by Molly Oringer “The rabbis prayed here, in Saïda’s synagogue,” recalled Basma, a Palestinian woman in her mid-thirties. It was early 2020, and we stood gathering in a courtyard typical of the medieval neighborhood, Ḥarat [...]
https://themetropole.blog/2024..../05/20/the-jewish-qu