Men struggle enough as it is in winning over a woman, but Arab guys are world-renowned for their reputation of being strict, sleazy, and worse… prude! Perhaps that’s why the fairer sex have often kept them in the “ friend zone ”! Mind you, those Arab stallions have unjustly gotten a bad rap when it comes to romance, which may have frightened away a single lady or 20 from agreeing to go on a date with them this Valentine’s Day. We dare to say that not all Arabs are cut ...

An entire country’s government was dissolved by a militant group last week. It almost went unnoticed. It’s been a little tough to tune out of the saga that’s been unfolding since last month in Jordan , when Daesh militants first released a video of the late Japanese journalist Kenji Goto holding a photo of Jordanian pilot Muath Kasasbeh and warning the world what lie in store for the pilot and himself if Jordan failed to release would-be suicide bomber, Sajida Rishawi. But while the world’s news lens focused in on ...

336,632,660 : That’s the total population of the Middle East & North Africa as last measured by the World Bank. That’s a lot of people. But a large number of those people are hard at work to make our planet a more sustainable and cleaner place for old, new and future generations to inhabit. As fossil fuels are quickly running out, the UAE has been progressively working on innovative renewable-energy-projects to replace them with. In late January, Abu Dhabi hosted the fourth annual Sustainability Week , the ground-breaking global forum ...

Social media rumors were rampant last week claiming that King Abdullah II of Jordan was leading the next airstrike on Daesh, jumping into the cockpit himself to avenge the barbaric murder of fighter pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh. Photos flooded the internet, lifted from the King’s official Facebook page and the Royal Court’s Instagram, showing an intense-looking leader geared up for battle. Abdullah was swift to react to the killing of the captured pilot, ordering immediate execution of two Iraqi prisoners (one a pawn in the aborted three-way hostage swap between Japan ...

Daesh released a video featuring the grisly murder of Jordanian pilot Lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh Tuesday evening, ending a weeklong government standoff with the militants and two months of waiting for the Kasasbeh family. First appearing on Daesh-affiliated social media accounts, The 22-minute video was removed from YouTube within an hour of its release, but not before it was circulated throughout the Middle East — especially in Jordan. In a huge departure from past execution videos previously seen from the group, the ultra-produced clip featured a lot more than the execution ...

We don’t mean to be disrespectful, but have you ever noticed, the first three letters of “funeral” are FUN? You may be already living a green lifestyle , but why not check out a more sustainable deathstyle too? Welcome to the weird & wonderful world of green burials, where an entirely new industry competes for your funeral budget! Let’s not get too – well – grave, but with the world population passing seven billion and an estimated 150,000 people dying daily, we ought to take a closer look at how ...