Middle East

Saudi Arabian Pop Star Sings ‘God, Rid Us Of Men’ In Viral Hit

Saudi Arabian pop star Majed Al-Esa shook her country’s deep-seated patriarchy with the lyrics and video of her new feminist song, “Hwages” or in English, “Concerns.” Posted on YouTube Dec. 23, the video now has almost 2.5 million hits. The women in the music video sing phrases that roughly translate to “If only God would […]

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Website offers goods made by Israelis with disabilities

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — Buy for Good, a new Israeli start-up offers a new way to connect Israel supporters around the world to nonprofits organizations in Israel. The company has launched a new online store www.buyforgood.biz that only sells products produced in vocational training centers operated by nonprofits that offer rehabilitation and employment

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Middle East, Travel and Food

‘Sleeping Beauty’ delights in Jerusalem

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — Once a year Israel’s classical ballet comany puts on a performance of a traditional ballet. This is intended mainly for the entertainment of children during the Chanukah/Christmas holiday season. For me, however, this is a golden opportunity to enjoy a very special aesthetic and artistic treat. When I was growing

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Huckabee to Kerry: Yes, Israel is both Jewish and democratic

In the wake of Secretary of State John Kerry”s speech last week, in which he claimed that Israel”s presence in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem is an “obstacle to peace”, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee visited the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem in order to send Kerry a message that Israel is, indeed, both a Jewish

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Middle East, USA

Netanyahu questioned for three hours

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday evening released a statement with regards to the questioning of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The statement was released shortly after Netanyahu”s questioning by investigators from the National Fraud Unit concluded after three hours. In the statement, Mandelblit officially declared that the probe against Netanyahu has turned into an official

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Middle East

German police detain Syrian refugee in terrorist financing plot

Berlin (dpa) – German police have detained a 38-year-old Syrian asylum seeker for allegedly asking the extremist Islamic State for 180,000 euros (189,000 dollars) to help finance a potentially spectacular terrorist attack. The accused had used a middle man to ask for the money to buy, according to the daily Bild, eight vehicles stuffed with

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International, Middle East

Turkish premier says nightclub attacker was not in Santa costume

Istanbul (dpa) – Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim denies reports that the attacker of an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve was wearing a Santa costume. Such reports are false, he says on Sunday in Istanbul. “We know of an armed terrorist,” he says. The authorities are working non-stop to uncover the identity of the

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