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Syrian refugee children upcycle Jordan’s litter into kites

Syria’s war has killed 150,000 people and forced more than three million from their homes. About a million of these refugees live in Jordan and...

Iranian man shows #farmlove with inspiring Instagram photos

For some, being a farmer is suicidal. Water and land are scarce, small farmers struggle to compete with the likes of Monsanto, and there are a host of environmental...

Cyprus starts political party for … animals!

This is no joke: the island nation of Cyprus is now home a political party for animals. It was launched in Nicosia on Sunday....

No male escort? Sheesha extinguished for Saudi Muslimahs!

Restaurants and cafes in Jeddah have posted signs warning women that if they want to be served sheesha, their mahrams (male guardians) must be at their side. The message...

Dancing in combat boots, Jerusalem style

A trio of break-dancing Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers strutted their stuff in a video uploaded to Facebook on Thursday. About a year ago, another...

Smile out loud watching 20 Saudi Muslim men “kiss” for the first time (Video!)

In the original, the camera captured how a first kiss can go from awkward to awesome in a matter of seconds.  Filmed by director Tatia Pilieva, the short was an advertisement for indie clothing label Wren, but it's stark black and white imagery and curious premise were quickly replicated in copycat spoofs.

Beard transplants are a “growing” Middle East trend

Are beards hipster? A coveted symbol of male virility? Might explain the "growing" trend of beard transplants. And if that pun doesn’t make you...

Climate change “worst” is yet to come, UN report warns today

The United Nations has issued a five years in the making report on climate change, and our future. It does not look bright. Green...

Jewish artist’s “anti-Barbie” is a crowdfund-sation!

What if fashion dolls were made using standard human body proportions?  It’s a question that occurred to artist Nickolay Lamm while looking at a...

Japanese artist Hikaru Cho shows mutant food formed by climate change

Artist Hikaru Cho transforms ordinary foods into completely different foods, not by culinary skill, but with acrylic paint. She painstakingly camouflages veggies, fruits and even...

Dead Sea tourism more tolerable with fly-eating trashcans?

Two designers devised a lid design for trash cans that lures in fruit flies, trapping them in a tiny death chamber - gruesome but,...

The anti-fat fatwa is not a joke for buffet lovers in Saudi Arabia

Saudi cleric Saleh al Fawzan has decided that all-you-can-eat buffets are against Sharia (Islamic) law, unappetizing news for Muslims devoted to bargain dining deals! Last...

Fatwa saves tigers! Hunting rare creatures, dear Muslims, is now Haram

Could a fatwa, a religious Muslim order, save a tiger? Watch and see, because the Indonesian Council of Clerics (ICC), the country's highest Islamic...

DIY chocolate fruit-nut clusters for Purim baskets

The Jewish holiday of Purim 2018 begins this coming Wednesday night, the 28th of February, and continues through Thursday the 29th. In Jerusalem and other...

Gaza fisherman’s rated-X catch hidden by Hamas

An ancient bronze casting of Greek god Apollo, hooked from the sea by a young Gaza fisherman, was seized by police and vanished from...

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