Who Needs Rome when you can visit Jordan’s Jerash? By Lindsay Nieminen It was hot. Clothing-sticking-to-your-body hot. But I was not going to let that deter me from exploring the ancient colonnaded streets of Jerash, the best-preserved Roman city outside of Rome and located less than an hour’s drive north of Amman, the capital city of […]
A third Louvre, after the famous museums in Paris and in Northern France, opened in November 017. The Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a museum for the world with treasures from Paris and many other works of priceless art.
Al Ain, in the UAE, is a desert oasis with intricate water channels called Falaj, and green, going back to the earliest days of the 20th century.
Expedition Company Treks Through Kurdistan’s Mount Halgurd By Jill Webb Matt Bennett took a break from his day job of being chairman of the DRB group to trek through the mountains of Kurdistan with Secret Compass. Secret Compass brings adventure-seekers together to go on epic expeditions all over the world. The UK-based company doesn’t focus […]
Petra is a stunning ancient site that everyone should see once in their lifetimes. It’s located in the desert of Jordan, and guarded over by Bedouins, who take tourists up to see the spectacular carved buildings of Petra.
Six Lessons I’ve Learned as an Ex-pat in Israel By Roberta Rottigni The word ex-pat is an abbreviation for expatriate, which comes from the Latin term expatriatus. Originally, an expatriatus was someone who had left his or her homeland to go live someplace else. Today, the word ‘ex-pat’ still echoes its medieval origins but it […]
Abu Dhabi is an opulent, breathtaking city in the United Arab Emirates. It even has gold-sprinkled cappuccinos! Taking a tour of the city and attractions.
Saudi Arabia: In the Land of Invisible Women by Qanta A. Ahmed, MD.A female doctor’s story. Navigating life in the sex-segregated country of Saudi Arabia.
Two of the world’s most impressive mosques are in Dubai, the Jumeirah Mosque, and in Abu Dhabi, the huge Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, touring both mosques.
In Ugarit, Syria, historian/travel writer Habeeb Saloum explores the ancient city where a tablet was discovered that revealed the world’s first alphabet.
A trip to Erbil, in Northern Iraq’s Kurdish territory, is a safe trip. And to enjoy the best street food there you must go to Iskan Street.
There’s more than one Jerusalem By Claudia Tavani “You pray in Jerusalem, but you party in Tel Aviv.” Those were the few words my friend Gianluca, who had been to Israel on business many times, told me when I mentioned I would finally visit the country. I tried a few times to go there, but […]