Most aspects of Bedouin life in Sinai, Egypt are very different from the developed world. However, I have learned, education is not so different, aside from one important area - the education of Bedouin girls in the Sinai. In the following video,…
The Zabaleen people of "Garbage City" in Cairo are a misunderstood subculture of Egypt. Numbering approximately 60,000, the Zabaleen, which is Egyptian Arabic for garbage worker, handle the majority of Cairo's trash. They dispose of some of it but they…
I am beyond excited to begin a three-month journey through the Middle East for Connect the Cultures. Connect the Cultures is a platform for the people of the Middle East and myself to share with the world life inside this…
Westerners who move to the Gulf countries in the Middle East find themselves living in an environment radically different than that of their home countries. Life for expats in Saudi Arabia might be the most dichotomous from that of the…