Two years after airing the Iranian historical/religious TV series Yousuf Payambar, which was a huge hit and lots of people around the Arab world watched it and fell in love with Mostafa Zamani, the Iranian actor who portrayed the leading role of Prophet Yousouf in the series, Al Azhar suddenly noticed that such kinds of series should not be allowed to be aired! Hello, almost nobody left who hasn’t heard about it or even watched at least an episode or two!

Now, there is really more hope for Haiti thanks to the successful “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon that George Clooney and Wyclef Jean has spearheaded. The two-hour telethon held on Friday raised more than $57 million! According to the event’s organizers, this is a record. It’s made possible because of the more 100 celebrities that participated in the two-hour telethon. Some of them sang songs, others shared their experiences about the earthquake, and others manned the phones.

If you're not used to waking up early in the morning, try your best to get up real early tomorrow! If you do, you'll get a chance to witness a unique solar eclipse that is a pity to miss.
Tomorrow, the earth, moon and sun are going to totally align and because the moon is smaller in size than the sun, the sun will appear as a very bright ring surrounding the outline of the Moon.

Since the blockbuster movie 2012 hit theaters, people have been obsessed with the notion that the world might really come to an end in 2012!
Well, to put your worries to rest, sit back and enjoy life, because the end of the world isn't coming in 2012! It's just a myth that's based on the calender of the ancient people of the Maya civilization.
Kalam Nawaem on MBC welcomed a special guest last week, Dr. Bassem Sabra, who specializes in Space Physics, to rebuke the claims that The Apocalypse is only two years away!

Samer Elias, this name might not be very familiar to you, but the face is.
Samer Elias is the handsome young man that stars alongside Nancy Ajram in the clip "Inta Eh" and with Nawal Zoghbi in her clip "Albi Isaalu".
28-year-old Samer, passed away after suffering very high blood pressure and a brain stroke.
You would wonder why a young, fit and healthy man would suffer from a stroke ... but the answer is easy; Samer used HGH, hormones injected into the muscles to enhances tissue growth and give a pumped up look.

The world's tallest building, rising up more than 800 meters to touch the clouds, Burj Dubai, is now open for business!
Burj Dubai was opened today in a ceremony to coincide with Accession Day, celebrating the fourth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum becoming Ruler of Dubai.
As Dubai struggles with the economic crisis, the 160-floor-skyscraper is seen as a window of opportunity to pick up things and attract more business ... but will it?!

2009 was filled with star weddings as well as star divorces!
The first celebrity to tie the knot was Haifa Wehbe. Then two beauty queens walked down the aisle; Annabella Hilal and Gabrielle Bou Rached.

It seems the only successful engagement of the year was that of the daughter of Nour Al Sharif!
May Nour Al Sharif got engaged in an intimate party held for her by her father to Amr Yousef.
The other engagement, which proved to be a failure, was that of Egyptian actress May Ezzidine and football player Mohammad Zaidan.

If you could choose a couple of Arab actors to play Salah Eddine in a Hollywood movie, who would you chose? Obviously, Ghassan Masoud was the 1st choice for the movie "Kingdom of Heaven" ... but who else would be fit to play that great leader?
It seems Lebanese TV presenter Toni Baroud has topped all other choices in a lucky strike and is going to play Salah Eddine in an upcoming movie!

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most coveted awards in the world. People who get to receive this award are carefully chosen; their achievements and contributions to the worldwide community taken into great consideration. So, is U.S. President Barack Obama ready to have his Nobel? This is the question that is I’m sure plaguing a lot of people right now because he has already been awarded with the Nobel even before completing his first year as President of the United States.

According to research done by Michigan University, Syrian women are the most clever in the world! Why? The answer simply lies in their food!
Syrian women rely in their diet on fresh produce, olive oil and walnuts, which are all super foods for the health and are uber good for the brain.
Other reasons for the Syrian woman's excellence is her education, her openness on the world and the equality between her and the Syrian man.

How is Octomom Nadya Suleman handling her 14 children these days? If you remember, after giving birth to the latest 8 children, she solely relied on government help for their all their needs. So, is it still the same until now? In her latest interview with Matt Lauer on NBC Primetime “People of the Year”, Nadya said that she has already stopped the food stamps.

A lot of people in the United States were furious that Nadya had to accept financial assistance when it was her desire to have too many kids in the first place! Anyway, they would probably be appeased now that Nadya has finally stopped depending on the government for all her children’s needs.

Is she divorced or isn't she divorced?!
This question has been bugging Halima Bouland fans for quite a time now, and no one seems to have a straight answer!
Her husband has taken it upon himself to reveal that the news of their divorce "isn't accurate, yet!"

I know the title sounds strange, but sometimes real life is even stranger!
Former Miss Argentina, Solange Magnano, gave the ultimate sacrifice - her life - for a nice butt!
Solange died after undergoing cosmetic surgery to tighten her buttocks!

Need a richer vocabulary? There’s a new word you can add to your verbal skill. “Unfriend” is the latest verb that you have to learn. If you are a techie who uses Facebook all the time, this term is definitely of great use to you. “Unfriend” refers to the act of removing a contact from a social networking site, like Facebook.

The word “Unfriend” was chosen as 2009’s Word of the Year by the Oxford University Press. You might be wondering why this word was chosen. Well, according to Christine Lindberg, a senior lexicographer for Oxford’s U.S. dictionary program said that the word has “both currency and potential longevity. In the online networking context, its meaning is understood.” Well, seems like a very sound reason to me.