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his approach
to love he said
was that of a farmer
most love like
hunters and like
hunters most kill
what they desire
he tills
soil through toes
nose in the wet
earth he waits
prays to the gods
and slowly harvests
thankful
to love he said
was that of a farmer
most love like
hunters and like
hunters most kill
what they desire
he tills
soil through toes
nose in the wet
earth he waits
prays to the gods
and slowly harvests
thankful
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Ethnobotanical knowledge from Lebanon
My book: Tales of the Badia سوالف البادية
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My book: From `Akkar to `Amel: Lebanon's Slow Food Trail
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- The website of the soil association, rich in all s...
- WTO in Africa
- 20% of the wheat from the Bekaa has been sold befo...
- Poverty in the Phoenicia
- Sectarianomics
- Tahini
- Dairy workers on strike in Egypt. (thanks Daniel)
- Off to Berlin tonight for a UNESCO conference on e...
- No scripts
- “Rice is a staple food,” said Graeme J. Haley, the...
- "The world’s economic ministers declared on Sunday...
- Hidden hunger
- Organic rise and fall
- Subsidies, drought and almonds
- Badael-Alternatives
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- Milkdown
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- Arab Unemployment
- Opting out
- Have mercy
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- It's a surge!
- India's farmers debts
- Lebanon Social Watch
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- If American Knew
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- Hangover
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- Il Duce must be doing somersaults
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- Rami Zurayk
- Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon
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