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Syrian dancer Ahmad Joudeh helps children through tears and rubble

When there is nothing left to do, you might as well do something. In Syria, where the war is five years and counting, dancing might be the last thing on anyone’s mind. But for Ahmad Joudeh, it is a priority. Dance is his lifeblood, and he is fueling others with it, too.

Syrian refugees list their tent on Airbnb

Take empathy to a new level by living just like a displaced person. A group of Syrian refugees advertised their camp tent as a...

Iranian women “selfies” without headscarves causing rivers to dry up

Today on the streets of Jaffa, where I live, I saw for the first time in my life a woman in hijab (helmet on...

Essex, Brexit, Art and Fear

I normally write about environmental science and technology but I can't help but notice when governments and economies behave like damaged environmental systems or...

Has Zika virus come to Israel?

The sheer horror of it was understandable when the first photos of deformed infants began appearing in local and international news reports. Perhaps not as...

Syria’s damask roses are dying

Used for perfumes, rose water; and for flavoring sweets like Turkish Delight, Syria's famed Damask Rose, or Damascus Rose, once championed by romanticists like William Shakespeare, is experiencing hard times due to the ongoing war in Syria.

Take a time machine through culture to understand climate change

This past March Abu Dhabi city has witnessed its most intense rain storm in recent memory. Storms usually do not make it to Arabian cities on...

6 hotels from the movies you can totally stay at

We've travelled to Casablanca to see where Bogart gave his favorite lines, to learn the movie wasn't really filmed there. Many of the movies...

Stateless “Team Refugee Athletes” cleared to compete at Rio 2016 Olympics!

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced yesterday the formation of a new, nation-less team of athletes cleared to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games...

Teaching children about the environment

So, you care about the environment and ensuring that you play your part in preserving the beauty of nature but how do you go...

Earth breaks its own world temperature record, again.

A new report from the Climate Council of Australia revealed that last year's global average temperature was the highest since global records began in 1880,...

Kuwaitis drive social change with new fund. N-mu?

A few years ago, Jordan launched an initiative called BADIR to support budding young entrepreneurs, eager to contribute to positive change in their communities....

Free wonder drug available now. No prescription needed.

Does nature have a marketing problem?  Headlines about climate change, extreme weather, and their catastrophic impacts to the built environment are overwhelming. It's easy to...

Will COP 21 finally deal with climate change ?

This year's Conference of the Parties, known as COP21, may turn out to be the one that finally addresses the ravages of human caused climate...

Protein powder? Plague of locusts could be breeding near you

Watch out world, and those in North Africa and Middle East areas: A swarm of locusts of Biblical proportions could be heading near you....

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

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