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Israel’s Wild Pigs Were Once Europeans
Wild boars look more or less the same in Israel as they do anywhere else: stalky and hairy with big heads, long snouts, and beady...
Happy Islamic New Hirji Year
Happy New Year to all our Muslim readers today. While not everyone agrees on the date, the Hijri New Year falls around now, and on...
Middle East and Swiss Researchers: Bugs Not Gay
We have to laugh at this research, given the latest news that there is a gay test being developed by Kuwait to weed out homosexuals...
MERS Risk and Hajj – How to Prepare for a Healthy Pilgrammage
Public health officials in the Gulf states are playing down fears about an outbreak of the deadly MERS coronavirus among pilgrims travelling to the Hajj...
Make Simit, the Iraqi Bagel with Sesame Seeds
Simit (also spelled simeat) are well known throughout the eastern Mediterranean countries, especially Turkey. Despite some differences, they are all shaped as rings and are...
Fascinating, Frustrating Morocco: a Tour in Photos
Severed goat heads, bloody and besieged by flies, lay side-by-side on a butcher’s slab. A dozen lethal serpents, coiled and poised to strike, wove back...
New Hybrids on the Horizon for the Middle East
Hybrid cars have had a slow start in the Middle East in comparison to other markets. One factor influencing sales is the fact that fuel...
Uncontrolled Garbage Threatens Lives in Syria
Amid the snipers, the rubble and the misery on many Syrian streets is another ugly phenomenon: garbage. In Adel’s* hometown of Janoub al Malaab, a...
A Better Place Car Owner on Tesla’s Battery Swap Tech
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced the “latest” in electric car technology – battery pack swapping for the company’s Model S – to a gushing crowd...
4 Ways to Green Your Gold
Middle Easterners blessed with oil wealth love to flaunt their gold. Don’t be surprised to find gold bars sold at dispensing machine in Dubai or...
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