Dead Sea 'Live' Naked-Photo Shoot Raises Ultra Orthodox Concerns

Mass nude photo-shoot at the Dead Sea reminds us that there could be life at the Dead Sea after all; A Lebanese suicide raises human rights and freedom questions; 'Mad Men' promote cigarettes; And Jordan has a Plan B.

Artist Spencer Tunick inspires people to bare all at his recent photo exhibit on Israel's portion of the Dead Sea, designed to promote the Dead Sea as one
of the 7 wonders of the World.

My right word [2]

Naked Dead Sea Shabbat

"Thanks to the Washington Post, we now know what all the excitement was about: Art for whose sake? Or Biblical madness gone wrong."

Spencer Tunick [3]

Naked Sea

"PARTICIPATE at the Dead Sea for a new installation by artist Spencer Tunick World-renowned contemporary artist Spencer Tunick for his first project in Israel is inviting hundreds of participants to take part nude in a human installation that is committed to raise awareness for the disappearing Dead Sea."

Lama's Scrapbook [4]

Did Nour Merheb Know Something We Don't?

' “I've been meaning to write a post this past week to share a few thoughts about freedom and our current state. I wanted to raise questions about whether we, as humans, can ever be really free?” Do we, as a collective, really want to? And then, out of nowhere (obviously not for him), Nour Merheb, a Lebanese human rights activist kills himself.'

Jazarah [5]

Mad Smoke: Every Cigarette Smoked in Mad Men

“I love thuis video by Whirled, I’m not really a smoker, well I do smoke but I don’t inhale so I’m not really a smoker, and this video made me love smoking even more!”

Jordan Events [6]

A Plan B for Jordan?

' “The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, delivered a speech on September 11, in which he mentioned the Jordanian civil war of 1970 for the first time ever: "There are not any issues we are too embarrassed to discuss, even if there is someone who wants to discuss the incidents of 1970, this is a part of history; let us think of the future and not the past." '