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International Day of Happiness: The world’s happiest and saddest countries revealed
Since 2013, the United Nations has celebrated the International Day of Happiness on March 20 to highlight the importance of happiness in the lives of ... Features -
WATCH: Surrogacy: Nigeria's taboo, but booming business
Ada became a surrogate mother after her landlord threatened to evict her family from their apartment in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, two years ... Variety -
Identity politics and the threat to individualism
One of the sterling concepts of liberalism that helped usher in the modern age of scientific progress and socio-political change is ... Middle East -
Beacon of hope for India’s 100-million lonely senior citizens
India’s 100-million-odd senior citizens are ploughing a lonely furrow, thanks to the lackadaisical attitude of government and society toward ... Features -
WATCH: Destitute Yemeni builds home in a tree
Yemeni Ahmed Houbeichi is not acting out some childhood fantasy when he peers down on the street below from his tree-house. War and poverty have ... Features -
VIDEO: The family of last WWI soldier looks back on his life
Born in 1894 and enlisted after showing his prowess as a wrestler, Abdoulaye Ndiaye was a Senegalese villager who fought for France as a sharpshooter ... Features -
Big spectacles, bigger shoes
There are those whom we do not see in general statistics, who are difficult to distinguish or rather impossible to recognize in a public street but ... Middle East -
The investment that will never fail
I think anyone with the slightest knowledge in investments will ignore this article after just reading its headline. It’s one of the certainties ... Middle East -
Saudi-Arab Society for Culture launches institution for arts training
The Saudi Arabian Society for Culture and Arts has launched on Monday an institution to develop performance and technical skills. The “Institute ... Art and culture -
Water pollution lays waste to Iraq's oil-rich south
Rising salinity and toxic waste in the waters of Basra is not only killing off the fish population but also intoxicating thousands of inhabitants. Reports -
In Kenya, rubbish reborn as art
In a room that is both home and studio, Evans Ngure works on a sculpture, a fantastical fish fabricated from found objects: wooden spoons, broken ... Reports -
Human awareness, self-consciousness and its impact on ‘fiqh’
In 2004, King Abdulaziz Library held a seminar under the name Islam and the Dialogue between Civilizations, which drew the participation of 120 ... Middle East -
Muslim Spiderman's French fairy tale sparks migrant pride and envy
At the French migrant workers' hostel where "Spiderman" Mamoudou Gassama was sleeping on a floor before becoming a folk hero for saving a ... Features -
UAE issues new laws regulating organization, upkeep for mosques
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a federal law concerning the organization of and care for mosques. The provisions of the ... Gulf -
VIDEO: Fearing mass shootings, some US schools turn to armored equipment
Linda Bragg wrote a "quote of the day" on the small whiteboard in her classroom, a teaching aid that can double as a bullet-resistant shield ... Features -
At beloved falafel shop, Syrians get taste of pre-war Raqqa
Amid the ruins of Raqqa, a small red shop is bringing some color back to the city. The al-Malik falafel restaurant, a culinary institution serving the ... Features -
Re-branding capitalism with a human face
The emergence of nationalist and left leaning parties in Europe and elsewhere seems to have one common feature: a desire to seek fairness for citizens ... Middle East -
Cinema makes a comeback in Saudi Arabia
The artists are Saudis, so are musicians and the public; nevertheless the concert is held outside Saudi Arabia. The same thing applies to cinema. ... Middle East -
The public has spoken in Saudi Arabia
The recent arrests and the freezing of assets of princes, businessmen and public servants have been met with robust approval by the public. With its ... Middle East -
Saudi Arabia: An inflection point in destiny
There was once an emerging power with ambitions that stretched beyond its shores. This power was a regional hegemon but a great debate raged within ... Middle East -
Rescuing society from the hijacking of enlightenment
The last three decades proved to be quite difficult for the Saudi people. To begin with, a wave of radicalism struck the Islamic world after ... Middle East -
Except the land of the Two Holy Mosques
The land of Hejaz and Najd, the Arabian Peninsula, the country of the Two Holy Mosques and the peninsula of Islam are some of the names used to ... Middle East -
WATCH: Alarm over shocking labor abuses in Iran
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Attempting to understand the phenomenon of violence
There are several discussions about climate threats and the scarcity of food and dozens of prophecies about the dry land and the decrease of water. ... Middle East -
Intelligent dissent improves corporate and societal performance
It is a prevalent state of affairs that in most Gulf companies, dissenting from the familiar and established corporate rules and policies are frowned ... Middle East -
A Saudi Prince’s path to light
“I’m young. Seventy percent of our citizens are young. We don’t want to waste our lives in this whirlpool that we were in the past ... Middle East -
Has social media influenced our reading habits and attention span?
A recent study by Microsoft highlights that humans now have an attention span of 8-seconds – a four-second reduction from a decade ago and one ... Middle East -
Steve Jobs and me
No one knew what this smartphone device would do when Steve Jobs first invented it Middle East -
Report: 10% rise in mental patients in Saudi Arabia
Four main reasons for increase, most importantly hereditary factors and drug abuse. Variety -
Saudis angry at accusations of ‘laziness’
Several hashtags have been activated on Twitter, saying that minister’s statement was a crime against employees Economy