Prominent Iranian playwright and director Bahram Beizai will stage reading performances of his latest play “Ardaviraf’s Report” at Stanford University on January 24 and 25. The play is Beizaii’s theatrical rendition of an ancient Zoroastrian text that chronicles the journey of pious Ardaviraf to the other world where he travels through paradise, purgatory and the inferno. Ardaviraf meets many of ... Read More »
A would-be burglar in South Africa was sent packing last week by a guard dog that could only be described as adorably vicious. The tiny terror was so fearsome that the robber climbed two fences about as fast as he could in this video! Read More »
Behzad Omrani grew up in Tehran, in a house ringing to the sounds of his father’s record collection – mostly the twangs and twirls of American Country & Western. Years later he formed Bomrani, one of the Islamic Republic’s first country-blues bands, and one of a handful of groups that has started disrupting the local music scene with performances a ... Read More »
A Saudi groom is reported to have demanded a divorce on his wedding day after seeing his new wife’s face for the first time. Daily mail reports the the couple, from the Western Saudi town of Medinah, had agreed to marry each other despite having not met face to face – a popular custom in certain Middle Eastern countries. But when the ... Read More »
The world’s shortest living man has met with the tallest person in the British capital, London, for the very first time to mark the Guinness World Records Day. Sultan Kosen, who is 8 feet 1 inch tall (2.46 m), and tiny Chandra Dangi, who measures only 21.5 inches (54.6 cm), met and shook hands outside the UK Houses of Parliament ... Read More »
A young Chinese man has attempted to celebrate China’s Singles Day by proposing to his girlfriend, except it didn’t all quite go according to plan. The young Guagzhou tech worker spent 500,000 yuan (£51,543) on Apple‘s latest gadget, the equivalent of more than 17 years the average worker’s salary, according to CNN. He carefully arranged the iPhones into the shape ... Read More »
Last week, an on-the-street video of a woman walking around New York and getting catcalled by men went viral: In the video, the woman was catcalled more than 100 times in 10 hours, and seemingly couldn’t walk a single block without someone making a pass at her. elitedaily.com Reports today that “Model Pranksters” has just released a response video of ... Read More »
This video shows a Japanese mother who has somehow managed to come up with amazingly creative ways to save time as she prepared her son for school in the morning. She showed her incredible time-saving skills in front of a live audience during a Japanese TV show and she is seriously amazing! Read More »
A good reason to always be aware and watch where you are going. This man in a car repair and mechanics shop has a big FAIL trying to push a car out with the help of his coworkers. Read More »
The BBC have unveiled a secretly recorded new charity version of the Beach Boys’ hit God Only Knows. A number of the world’s biggest musicians were shown performing the song on every BBC TV and radio channel at 8pm in a three minute video. God Only Knows was released as a single in aid of BBC Children in Needon Tuesday ... Read More »