Is a morning spent braving filthy trains, blaring ringtones and crowding that would make sardines jealous worth avoiding traffic? Haaretz rides the rails to find out.
After his father's death, Shai Pitovsky realized that life is short and time is precious. He left a glamorous career in advertising and in a few years, he has already made an indelible mark on Israel's national theater
The al-Houthi tribe is involved in local uprisings in Yemen, attempts by Al-Qaida and Iran to ignite the Middle East, and power struggles between Saudi princes. They may yet destroy Yemeni unification.
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