Israeli Ari Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” at the Cannes Movies Festival

" Israeli filmmakers and directors remove taboos from the Israel-Arab wars and see them as  valuable resources for anti war movies.The successful  Beaufort, Oscar nominated...

Once-puritan South Africa holds its first sex fair

When I lived in South Africa Playboy was illegal.  It seems the country has now found its mojo:"JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans queued to learn about sex toys and pole-dancing this weekend, at the first sex fair ever held in a country founded by conservative...

Beirut "Erotika" show heats up Lebanon

Artists Nayla Karam and Maria Sarkis's art exhibition in Lebanon is not tame. Their expo called Erotika displays Andy Warhol type of colourful pop-art, where sensual images of women's figures, themes of...

Malaysian Mufti Stirs Taboos Debate

"Malaysia's newest and youngest mufti has been making headlines in local media with maverick views over some long-adopted taboos in the Asian Muslim country." Full Story

Is it art? Teacher strips in class

A Chinese culture ministry official has denounced a university professor who stripped naked in front of students and teachers during an art class, a Chinese newspaper reported on Tuesday.Mo Xiaoxin, a 56-year-old assistant professor at a university in Changzhou, in eastern...

Teen Advice - Let's Talk About Sex!

"S-E-X. It is a word loaded with social taboos and cultural mystery. It is 100% necessary for the continuation of the human race and yet it is treated as if it is unnatural, even down right dirty. IT'S NOT! But this stigma is what makes parents freak out when their teen...

Clinton: Circumcision - the answer to AIDS

"Former US President Bill Clinton called for the world to prepare to tackle the cultural taboos surrounding circumcision Tuesday if, as many expect, trials show that it protects men and the women they sleep with from...

Hezbollah a tough foe for Israeli military

In an earlier post I warned that the Israelis may be have brought a knife to a gun fight. This is what the AP recently reported:"JERUSALEM - Figures released by the Israeli army show the pace of Hezbollah rockets raining down on Israel has not slowed — and the guerrillas...

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