Travel The Middle East

TweetFor #FriFotos this week, given that the theme is “STONE,” I decided to make a compilation post, including some of my favorite shots of stones, rock-carved temples & buildings I captured throughout my Middle East travels between August 2008-December 2009. In passing, I have included all the countries I visited to make this photo essay about [...]

TweetPhoto of a secret beach in Morocco, found on our first road trip while we lived there. Hope you like it! [click here for more photos of this road trip & secret beach in Morocco] Have you found a secret beach in Morocco? Tell us about it in a comment!  

TweetFor Beach Thursday this week, I decided to post a photo essay of the first of many road trips I took while studying and living in north Africa, in which my friends and I found some secret (or hidden) beaches in Morocco. The funny thing (not so funny back then lol) is that we didn’t [...]

TweetHello ladies and gentlemen! Through a photo essay, I will show you how to dress in the Middle East (or any conservative country) and (almost) pass as a local. Overview Let me be clear: How to dress in the Middle East doesn’t really matter–if you don’t care about the attention. Except for a handful of [...]

Tweet“Through the Eyes of a Nubian,” one of my favorite travel photos Nubia is a region that embarks the Nile river banks through southern Egypt and northern Sudan, which were sprinkled with small Nubian kingdoms during the Middle Ages. According to Wikipedia, it is thought that the last Nubian kingdom collapsed in the year 1504. [...]

TweetRamadan Kareem to my Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. Whether you are Muslim or not, Middle East travel during Ramadan is an experience in itself, but how more unforgettable would it be by celebrating the breaking of the fast, or having iftar, in a unique way? It is definitely possible in several Middle Eastern countries. Today, I [...]

TweetThis photo shall be the teaser of what I have in store for you tomorrow: How to have Iftar on a yacht (or any other boat) in different parts of the Middle East! Below, I share iftar with some of my Egyptian friends on a yacht in the Nile during my Middle East travel in [...]

TweetClick here for Middle East Study Abroad Part 1! This shall be part 4 of the Egypt vs Morocco series, but version 4.2 as this is the second part of Middle East study abroad! Today I will review the two Middle East study abroad programs I participated in: ALIN at the American University of Cairo in [...]

TweetWhile my 3 visits to the Pyramids of Giza were sandstorms of disappointments, my experience at Petra actually surpassed my expectations: It was magical, sublime. As I first thought of it, “a perfect Kodak moment” Prior to my visit in June 2009, Petra had only been in my bucket list for about a year or [...]