If You Have a Problem, Call Mokhtar
Jordan is a tribal country. All Jordanians are members of tribes. These are not primitive tribes as we tend to think of the word tribe in the Western World. A tribe in Jordan is a huge extension of one’s…
Yalla! Part 2 of My Middle East Journey
Yalla! (Arabic for let’s go.) Six months ago I arrived back in the U.S. after Part 1 of my Middle East journey. Part 2 begins September 17, 2017 when I return to the region of the world that fascinates me most.…
Interview With a Female Expat in Oman – Lessons in Omani Culture and Life
Brooke Templin is a female expat in Oman who is beginning her second year of teaching in the city of Muscat. I interviewed her about her life and what she's learned about Omani culture. She has some very enlightening insight to…
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 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…
Habiba Organic Farm – WWOOFing in the Sinai
Is any region of the world entirely organic and self-sustaining? Probably not. But one entrepreneur in the South Sinai, Egypt has a vision of organic farms being the sole source providing produce to his region, and his goal could become…
Meet a Middle Eastern Cartoonist
"I just wanted to do what I love to do in my way," says Saadany, a 28-year-old Egyptian cartoonist with Koshk Comics in Cairo. The world of comics had always appealed to him because "creatively all you need is your…