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- 1 2 "Eco-Muslims Greening the Earth", Aquila Style Magazine, By Laila Achmad, Friday, 31st August 2012
- ↑ Daniel E. Orenstein; Alon Tal; Char Miller (1 December 2012). Between Ruin and Restoration: An Environmental History of Israel. University of Pittsburgh Pre. pp. 348–. ISBN 978-0-8229-7811-4.
- ↑ "Roots of Justice, Green Shoots of Hope". Peace x Peace, March 2012 -By Mary Liepold
- ↑ "The Mideast’s Environmental “Prophet”", The Green Edge, The Cutting Edge News, Ruth Eglash, September 11th 2011
- ↑ "Green news harvest: 500-mile fuel cell car, Linux gets 'green flag'". CNET, Martin LaMonica, June 10, 2008
- ↑ "An Interview With Karin Kloosterman, Editor of greenprophet.com" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine . New Vilna Review, May 27, 2008
- ↑ "She Joined the Tribe and Thrived". 14 June 2018.
- ↑ "Masdar City’s Hidden Brain". ARPA Journal. by Gökçe Günel May 15, 2014