Israel is the most controversial and complicated country in the world, with so many perspectives about the people, the land, the situation. One highly unique perspective on Israel that the world never hears about is that of Arabs in Israel who…
Very little is written or known about a certain aspect of the culture of *Upper Egypt ‑ the tradition of revenge killings, also known as blood feuds or vendettas. One of the Connect the Cultures partners, Joseph Nazir, is a…
This is the time of the holiday Eid al Adha in the Muslim world and it takes place on a different date every year. Most of the Western world has never heard of this holiday, so here, with the help…
In my village in Upper Egypt when I was a child we played in the dust. We collected it, we built small walls, tiny walls in the ground. We would make a small fence with the dust and say this…
How old is the leadership of the Muslim woman in their nations? According to the centuries-long story of Muslims and according to the Quran, the holy book of Islam, women have been always the backbone of family life as well…
Eid al-Fitr - have you ever heard of it? Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday that is the same yet different in every country. Here a friend of Connect the Cultures describes how this holiday is celebrated in his village in Yemen. Yemen…
Bedouins are a mystery to most people, and the Bedouin perspective on life is almost unknown. Bedouins are Arabs whose origins are primarily in Saudi Arabia. Traditionally nomadic, most have settled now and have permanent homes throughout the Middle East and North…
My parents were cousins. This is normal for Egypt and all of the Arab world. People marry their cousins. When my parents got married, they lived in a room in my father's parents' house. This was normal for Egypt too,…
"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…
Egypt's downturn in tourism was originally caused by the January 2011 Revolution and has become drastic and prolonged due to the subsequent events the country has suffered. This is bad. However, tour company employees now have plenty of time to do other things,…