Love in the Middle East – A Jewish Woman’s Romances with Arab Men
August 20, 2017
Love in the Middle East can be as sweet as in any other part of…
Making Mosaics in Madaba, Jordan
July 30, 2017
While road tripping through Jordan in 2012, I made a stop along the Kings’ Highway…
Bedouin Tribal Law in the South Sinai (Video)
July 13, 2017
The Sinai, often described as restive and lawless, is actually not lawless at all. The…
An American Business Traveler’s Impressions of Qataris
June 29, 2017
Connect the Cultures’ silent partner, an American, traveled to the Arabian Gulf country of Qatar…
Making Sugarcane Juice with Mohammed in Egypt
June 24, 2017
Egyptians are one of the oldest cultures in the world, so in Egypt you can…
Rose of the Sinai
June 20, 2017
One of the young Bedouin women I’d met sitting in a circle around a fire…
A Year After Being Thrown off a Plane for Speaking Arabic – Khairuldeen Makhzoomi
April 11, 2017
On April 6, 2016, Muslim Iraqi refugee Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a student the University of California,…
3 Months in Egypt, Jordan and Israel – Month 1.5
April 6, 2017
Several weeks into my three-month journey through the Middle East I decided to split my…
Will My Laptop Survive the Middle Eastern Travel Ban?
March 26, 2017
On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, I am going to be one of the first people…