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19 stories for“us-east-1 explained”

Amazon's after-action report on the October outage confirms a blunt truth: one region in Virginia carries too much of the world's digital weight.

Nov 10, 2025

Recipes

Shish Tawook vs Shawarma: They Are Not the Same Chicken

Both are marinated chicken, both arrive in flatbread with garlic sauce, and they are made by completely different methods. The difference is the heat, and it changes everything.

Aug 14, 2026

Recipes

Palestinian Food: A Guide to the Dishes, Regions and Rules

Not a single cuisine but several, split between coast, hills and desert. What defines it, which dishes matter, and why so much of it is built on olive oil, wheat and the seasons.

Aug 9, 2026

Recipes

Middle Eastern Rice Dishes, and How Each One Is Actually Built

Kabsa, machboos, maqluba, mujadara, freekeh. They look similar on a platter and are constructed by completely different methods. A guide to which is which and when to cook it.

Aug 14, 2026

Recipes

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma Bowls: Spiced, Golden

Caramelized cauliflower dressed in shawarma spices, served in grain bowls with tahini sauce. Middle Eastern flavors, no meat required.

Jan 15, 2025

Nutrition

Animal and Plant Protein Linked to Opposite Testosterone Levels in Finnish Men, but the Gaps Are Small

A University of Eastern Finland analysis of 2,546 middle-aged men found more animal protein went with lower testosterone and more plant protein with higher, gaps the authors call small.

Oct 28, 2026

Recipes

Knafeh Without Semolina or Kataifi: A Gluten-Free Version Worth Making

Both classic knafeh shells are wheat. Rebuilding the dish gluten free means rethinking the top layer entirely, and rice-based kataifi plus a coarse cornmeal crust gets remarkably close.

Aug 11, 2026

Latest Trends

Is the Gulf at Risk From Earthquakes? A Straight Answer

The honest answer is low but not zero, and it is not evenly spread. Tremors felt in Dubai towers usually come from Iran. The region's own exposure sits in Oman, the eastern UAE and the Red Sea coast.

Aug 12, 2026

Travel

Gulf Aviation Is Heading for a $4.3 Billion Loss, and the Airspace Advisory Still Runs to 31 August

Middle East carriers earned 7.2 billion dollars in 2025 and are forecast to lose 4.3 billion this year. Emirates is flying at three quarters of capacity, jet fuel is up nearly half, and European regulators still advise avoiding four countries' airspace.

Aug 22, 2026

Recipes

İmam Bayıldı: The Turkish Aubergine Dish Named for a Man Who Fainted, and the Olive Oil That Explains Why

Whole aubergines split, stuffed with slow-cooked onion, garlic and tomato, and braised in olive oil until collapsing. Served at room temperature, entirely vegan, and one of the great dishes of the Ottoman kitchen. The legend, the method, and the oil.

Sep 6, 2026

Business

Oil Is Flowing Again, but the Fuel Market Is Still Far From Normal

Crude shipments through the Gulf have recovered sharply, yet refineries and fuel supply remain constrained. That gap explains why cheaper oil may not quickly reach consumers.

Jul 31, 2026

Health

Your HbA1c Is an Average of Your Red Blood Cells, Which Is Why It Sometimes Lies

The test everyone treats as the verdict measures sugar stuck to haemoglobin over the life of a red cell. Anything that changes how long those cells live changes the result, and several of those conditions are common across this region.

Jul 13, 2026

Sports

Brewers Go Up 2-0 on the Dodgers in the NLCS as Guardians Beat the Rays in ALCS Game 1

Milwaukee chased Yoshinobu Yamamoto early and now travels to Los Angeles with the series in hand, while Cleveland rallied from a 2-0 hole in Tampa to take the American League opener.

Oct 13, 2026

Recipes

Ful Medames: Breakfast That Has Outlasted Every Empire in Egypt

Fava beans simmered until they collapse, crushed with garlic, lemon and olive oil, eaten out of a bowl with bread. Older than the pyramids by some accounts, and still what Cairo eats at dawn.

Aug 14, 2026

Crypto

Binance Publishes a Zero-Knowledge Proof of Reserves for Ten Assets and Says 95 Percent of the Hole Is Filled

Four days after the largest crypto theft on record, the exchange says bitcoin, ether, Tether and seven other tokens are backed at least 1:1, with more withdrawal rails due Tuesday.

Nov 2, 2026

Health

About 75 Percent of NFL Players Who Died in 2008 to 2023 Had CTE, a Bias-Adjusted Estimate Suggests

A Boston University team adjusted for who donates brains and estimates 74.5 percent of 2,362 deceased former players had CTE. That is below the 94 percent in donors and still high, with caveats.

Oct 28, 2026

Lifestyle

One in Four American Adults Ate Every Meal Alone, and the Cost Is About the Same as Losing a Job

A study across 142 countries found that how often people share meals predicts wellbeing about as strongly as income or unemployment does. In the United States the share of adults eating every meal alone has risen more than 50 per cent since 2003.

Aug 29, 2026

Business

Aramco's $67.2bn Half Year Was Built on a Supply Shock

Profit rose 29 percent as Hormuz disruption pushed crude to $108 a barrel in the second quarter. The number says more about the strait than about the company.

Aug 6, 2026

Diving

Oman Below the Surface: Daymaniyat Islands and the Hallaniyat Wrecks

Oman splits its diving into two distant reserves, one a protected reef north of Muscat, the other a remote wreck-strewn archipelago in the south.

Mar 15, 2025

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What AWS's Own Report Reveals About Internet Concentration

Shish Tawook vs Shawarma: They Are Not the Same Chicken

Palestinian Food: A Guide to the Dishes, Regions and Rules

Middle Eastern Rice Dishes, and How Each One Is Actually Built

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma Bowls: Spiced, Golden

Animal and Plant Protein Linked to Opposite Testosterone Levels in Finnish Men, but the Gaps Are Small

Knafeh Without Semolina or Kataifi: A Gluten-Free Version Worth Making

Is the Gulf at Risk From Earthquakes? A Straight Answer

Gulf Aviation Is Heading for a $4.3 Billion Loss, and the Airspace Advisory Still Runs to 31 August

İmam Bayıldı: The Turkish Aubergine Dish Named for a Man Who Fainted, and the Olive Oil That Explains Why

Oil Is Flowing Again, but the Fuel Market Is Still Far From Normal

Your HbA1c Is an Average of Your Red Blood Cells, Which Is Why It Sometimes Lies

Brewers Go Up 2-0 on the Dodgers in the NLCS as Guardians Beat the Rays in ALCS Game 1

Ful Medames: Breakfast That Has Outlasted Every Empire in Egypt

Binance Publishes a Zero-Knowledge Proof of Reserves for Ten Assets and Says 95 Percent of the Hole Is Filled

About 75 Percent of NFL Players Who Died in 2008 to 2023 Had CTE, a Bias-Adjusted Estimate Suggests

One in Four American Adults Ate Every Meal Alone, and the Cost Is About the Same as Losing a Job

Aramco's $67.2bn Half Year Was Built on a Supply Shock

Oman Below the Surface: Daymaniyat Islands and the Hallaniyat Wrecks

Results

What AWS's Own Report Reveals About Internet Concentration

Shish Tawook vs Shawarma: They Are Not the Same Chicken

Palestinian Food: A Guide to the Dishes, Regions and Rules

Middle Eastern Rice Dishes, and How Each One Is Actually Built

Roasted Cauliflower Shawarma Bowls: Spiced, Golden

Animal and Plant Protein Linked to Opposite Testosterone Levels in Finnish Men, but the Gaps Are Small

Knafeh Without Semolina or Kataifi: A Gluten-Free Version Worth Making

Is the Gulf at Risk From Earthquakes? A Straight Answer

Gulf Aviation Is Heading for a $4.3 Billion Loss, and the Airspace Advisory Still Runs to 31 August

İmam Bayıldı: The Turkish Aubergine Dish Named for a Man Who Fainted, and the Olive Oil That Explains Why

Oil Is Flowing Again, but the Fuel Market Is Still Far From Normal

Your HbA1c Is an Average of Your Red Blood Cells, Which Is Why It Sometimes Lies

Brewers Go Up 2-0 on the Dodgers in the NLCS as Guardians Beat the Rays in ALCS Game 1

Ful Medames: Breakfast That Has Outlasted Every Empire in Egypt

Binance Publishes a Zero-Knowledge Proof of Reserves for Ten Assets and Says 95 Percent of the Hole Is Filled

About 75 Percent of NFL Players Who Died in 2008 to 2023 Had CTE, a Bias-Adjusted Estimate Suggests

One in Four American Adults Ate Every Meal Alone, and the Cost Is About the Same as Losing a Job

Aramco's $67.2bn Half Year Was Built on a Supply Shock

Oman Below the Surface: Daymaniyat Islands and the Hallaniyat Wrecks