From: The Stream
Why the olive harvest in Palestine is more than just farming?
We look at what this olive harvest really means for Palestinians and how it connects generations across the land.
![A Palestinian man handles a burned Koran in a mosque, following an attack that local Palestinians said was carried out by Israeli settlers in Deir Istiya village, near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Nov. 13, 2025. [Ali Sawafta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1763067472.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Aerial view of triggered forest fire and deforestation for planting soybeans, on September 2020, in the Amazon Rainforest, Vilhena - Rondonia state. [Courtesy Andre Dib, WWF Brazil]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Incendio-florestal-provocado-e-desmatamento-para-o-plantio-de-soja-Vilhena-Rondonia-Amazonia.-Credito-Andre-Dib-WWF-Brasil-1-1762460357.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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From: Talk to Al Jazeera: In the Field
Iraq’s rivers are drying: A nation faces water collapse
Farmers and experts warn Iraq’s historic rivers are vanishing, threatening survival, identity and stability.
Published On 7 Sep 2025
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