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A New Dawn: Syrians Reinvent Daily Life with Resilience and Hope

Syria has been tried and tested the past ten years with an unwavering agenda of ailments in the package of a record-breaking civil war, and its attendant all-time humanitarian record crisis. Its citizens...

EU Proposes Additional €500 Million in Financial Aid to Jordan

Brussels/Amman — The European Commission has put forward a proposal to provide Jordan with up to €500 million in new Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA), deepening a partnership that European officials describe as vital for...

Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes

Christopher Damman, University of Washington - People have been using salt since the dawn of civilization to process, preserve and enhance foods. In ancient...

Qatari Narrators Bring Unwavering Culture and Motivate Subsequent Generations

Qatar is also witnessing a re-emergence of its oral and literary tradition with a new generation of story tellers redefine the cultural heritage of the nation. Taking the country's developed cultural heritage, social diversions, and new-found identity into account,...

Beyond recognition: the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible?

Martin Kear, University of Sydney - Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting in September, joining the United Kingdom, Canada and France in taking the historic step. Recognising a Palestinian state is at one level symbolic – it signals a growing global consensus behind the rights of Palestinians to have their own state. In the short term, it won’t impact the situation on the ground in Gaza. Practically speaking, the formation of a future Palestinian state...

Where the Past Come Alive – Turkey’s Ancient Cities and New Wonders

By Elizabeth Warren ~ This is not living in another nation in this world where past and present were sewn so well as have been...

Meltlng Together with Heart: The Construction of Israel’s Gastro-Cultural Melting Pot

By Yael Cohen ~ Israeli food is living evidence of its multiculturality and multihistoricity. It is a melting pot, relying on the immigrants' immigration and emigration, the spices, food, and traditions they had brought...

Green and Chic – The Emergence of Kuwait’s Environmental Lifestyle

With the world going greener by the day, most of Kuwait's residents are embracing a lifestyle that brings fashion...