Several wildfires suddenly separately erupted in Syria, Lebanon and Israel due to the long heatwave the region is experiencing. In Syria the state media revealed the massive forest fires this week killed two people and burned swaths of land. Lebanese firefighters have tried to put out the fires raging across Mount Lebanon and along its border with Israel. The Lebanese Civil Defense announced rising temperatures and high wind speeds were contributing to the spread of the fires. Meanwhile, thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Friday in ...
Farmers in Palestine kicked off the olive harvest season to produce oil amid restricted coronavirus regulations which was imposed by local authorities. The olive season is so common in Palestine as olive trees represent symbols of peace and hope, according to Adham al-Basiouny, spokesman of the Hamas-run agriculture ministry. Around 3,300 hectares of lands are planted with olive trees in Gaza, with an annual production of about 24,000 tons in normal weather conditions, according to official data. The coronavirus measures pushed dozens of farmers and customers to wait long to ...
By Ewelina Lepionko Morocco is famous for its historic imperial cities: Fez, Meknes, Marrakesh, and Rabat. Of the four, Fez is both the oldest and the most impressive but often overlooked by tourists in favor of Marrakech. Although the political capital of Morocco was transferred to Rabat in 1912, Fez has retained its status as the country's cultural center. This is the spiritual capital of Morocco, famed for its handicraft work. It is an open-air museum, with the largest pedestrian zone in the world and almost 10,000 small streets. Its ...
Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, Oromo, have celebrated in traditional clothing march the annual thanksgiving holiday, in Addis Ababa. Moreover, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the cabinet has limited attendance for the Oromo group's Irreecha festival to around 5,000 people amid coronavirus pandemic. Oromo group said that the Irreecha festival is to mark the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the harvest season.
Some inventions that evaded our life in the past era are essential, and we can’t imagine life without them anymore. Some inventions made our life much easier, saved us time and efforts while others solved problems that we didn’t know existed until we used them. On the other hand, some “inventions” were not as important and although they might be considered “silly inventions”, they became popular as people enjoyed using them. Here are 10 silly inventions that became widely famous!
Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19. Just before entering the White House, the president removed his mask on live TV. His doctor said a “final deep sigh of relief” wouldn’t come for nearly a week. Shortly beforehand, Trump had tweeted that Americans, who have lost nearly 210,000 people to the virus, have nothing to fear. After landing, he walked up the steps onto the South Portico’s stately balcony, demonstratively removed his mask and offered a 23-second salute to the departing ...
Beirut's port blast took place on August 4 killing over 190 people and injuring thousands more while also leaving plenty homeless. Maya Husseini, Lebanese stained glass artist, was willing to retire after decades spent designing colourful windows. However, after the incident she has decided to continue with hopes to return her devastated city alive. Husseini, the 60-year-old woman, said: "I can't possibly not try to restore what is gone". Moreover, she is one of several artists slowly starting to restore artworks from the devastated glass in the disaster. Artwork conservation ...
Archaeologists in Egypt found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks buried more than 2,500 years ago. The dramatic find is unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media, the team revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours. Saqqara, 32 kilometers south of the capital, is one of the world’s most important archaeological sites, designated a UNESCO World Heritage ...
Artist Genaro Rodriguez was so moved after being commissioned to turn a Covid-19 doctor's white coat into a piece of art that he likened the experience to "painting a superhero's cape." Rodriguez is one of 22 Panamanian artists asked to transform frontline health workers' lab coats into auction-ready artwork to raise money for anti-virus equipment in the Central American country, according to AFP. Using acrylic paints, Rodriquez worked geometric patterns in vivid colors on to the white cotton garment. "In my work, I use a lot of gray, but here ...