An American Business Traveler’s Impressions of Qataris
Connect the Cultures’ silent partner, an American, traveled to the Arabian Gulf country of Qatar…
Making Sugarcane Juice with Mohammed in Egypt
Egyptians are one of the oldest cultures in the world, so in Egypt you can…
Rose of the Sinai
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
On April 6, 2016, Muslim Iraqi refugee Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, a student the University of California,…
Will My Laptop Survive the Middle Eastern Travel Ban?
On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, I am going to be one of the first people…
Friday Tea with Bedouin Women in Asalah, Egypt
Late on a Friday morning, as I strolled amongst the goats and chickens running about…
Education of Bedouins in Sinai (Video)
Most aspects of Bedouin life in Sinai, Egypt are very different from the developed world.…
What the Zabaleen of Garbage City Want the World to Know
The Zabaleen people of "Garbage City" in Cairo are a misunderstood subculture of Egypt. Numbering…
Through the Eyes of a Christian American Expat in Saudi Arabia
Westerners who move to the Gulf countries in the Middle East find themselves living in…