Good news in the Middle east...brought to you by....Al Jazeera!

We here at the Naked Zoo like to take time to recognize the good news flowing out of the land of milk and honey and it's adjacent environs like the cradle of civilization. Our quest this time brought us to famed news source Al Jazeera...

A wonderful report on a sold out Arab-Israeli solidarity concert in the West Bank city of Ram Allah. "Music can speak by herself if you listen," said Saud Shihabah, mother of one of the violinists. The concert was put on by the Barenboim-Edward Said Foundation

Al Jazeera is also reporting that the marshes of Iraq, drained by Saddam Hussein are 50% restored thanks to a Japanese funded UN project.