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Arab souk in Amman is treasure chests for do-it-yourselfer! Here’s my journey

Turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse (or silk scarves into a brilliant curtain) with upcycled materials sourced from your local souk.  Make this...

Turkish artist Erdal Inci clones himself (digitally!)

Turkish photographer Erdal Inci has created a series of GIF “selfies”, digitally manipulating images of himself whilst engaged in simple action so that he becomes,...

Humans of Iraq – by Brandon Stanton and the UN

HONY caption: “There were dozens of them and only four of us. They took all my sheep.” (Dohuk, Iraq) Facebook Comments Comments

Super moon in the Middle East

This year’s lineup of five “supermoons” may put a sky-watcher to sleep. There were the new moons of January and February, followed by one on July...

ISIS captures Mosul Dam threatening floods with death and destruction

Sunni fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took over Iraq’s largest hydroelectric dam last Sunday, along with three towns and an oilfield...

Social gas mask: because why let chemical warfare get in your way?

An Israeli industrial designer has created the world’s first “Social Gas Mask” whose sleek space-age form allows for less hindered swapping of facial expressions. In...

Ditch your razor or sugar wax instead?

Personal grooming can be murderous! That’s the takeaway message of a two-century-old crime and modern women are taking note, inciting others to join their cause on...

Eole’s double-duty turbines wick water from wind

Pull free, safe drinking water straight from the sky! The earth’s atmosphere is a huge freshwater reserve, packed with 13,000 cubic kilometers of moisture, yet...

Mysterious, possibly radioactive lake appears out of the blue in Tunisia!

Tunisia offers other-worldly landscapes, fantastical and mysterious. Did you know that four of the Star Wars movies were partially filmed in the southern part of...

Jordan’s 52.2 MW Shams solar energy PV plant built with First Solar

Two years after passing its Renewable Energy and Efficiency Law (REEL) Jordan is moving forward with what will be the largest  largest solar photovoltaic (PV)...
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