Came across this story about a boy of 12 from Dubai who is offering free hugs to passers by outside the Larchmont post office, which for those of who think it is on the far side of SZR is actually in Westchester County, N.Y. (which is somewhere in New York).

The boys name (roll fan fare) is Marc Benson , his way of getting people to hug him for free is simple , absolute marketing genius (big wigs in big marketing companies take note) , he simply holds up a sign offering “free hugs”.  Marc says that hugging makes him feel better and his mother says that hugging is an international language.

Marc’s claim to fame is that he has now offered free hugs to people on two different continents , which I am sure is quite unique. However having done some digging (ok so I did a google search for “free hugs”) Marc is not the only one offering free hugs, it has become somewhat of a worldwide phenomemum you can find out more here.

As for free hugging in Dubai YouTube has some offerings of Free Hugging in action in Dubai.

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