Travel The Middle East

TweetI learned about the best things to do in Morocco after living there for a semester abroad. I had the opportunity to take many road trips and visit many cities more than once. For this reason, today I’m curating certain cities and telling you which are my favorite things to do in Morocco. Part 2 likely [...]

TweetIfrane (إفران‎), Morocco is one of the few places in the African continent where snow falls almost every winter. For this very reason, the French developed this town after an Alpine village in the early 20th century (Protectorate Era), which explains the village’s extremely European flair. And at an elevation of 5,460 ft., this Moroccan town also [...]

TweetThis week’s FriFotos theme is “CAPITALS” so today I present you a mini photo essay of some of my favorite capitals in the Arab world. Hope you like them! Cairo, Egypt is one of the most populated, heavily-polluted cities not only int he Arab region, but the whole world. With more than 20 million inhabitants, [...]

TweetThis week’s FriFotos theme is “ROADS” so today I present you a photo compilaton of some of my favorite moments on the road, particularly in Egypt and Morocco. Hope you like the pics! Story behind some of those “moments” coming soon *wink* Roads in Morocco can be dangerous… Road sign in Egypt One fine day, [...]

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 there! Today I have a special post for you, which I featured on a series in my latinAbroad website: Palestinian superstitions! Hope you enjoy it! Any feedback is appreciated! * “If you use clothes in reverse your stomach will ache” * “If you deny food to a pregnant woman you will get a sty [...]

TweetMany think the waters of the Nile river are toxic and can’t even be touched. While that may be true of certain parts of it, especially around Cairo, this is not the case in Upper Egypt. As a I drifted through the longest river in the world for 4 days and 3 nights, I discovered [...]

TweetToday it is all about reminiscing: I’ll be posting never-published-before content from my personal journal, which I carried while living in Egypt from 2008-2009. The following entry, dated April 26th 2009, perfectly portrays what, at the time, was a love-hate relationship with the Middle Eastern country of Egypt. Granted, now I look back and figured [...]

TweetThere is no more valuable lesson when traveling the Middle East than…knowing how to poop. That’s right folks: Pooping is indeed an art, one which must be mastered if you plan to travel throughout the Arab world and any other developing countries for that matter. So today I show you what I learned from living and traveling throughout [...]

TweetIs there really a peculiar way by which I should cross the street in Cairo? Yes. I mean, really? Indeed. You don’t understand, oh my baby tourist, how important this is. And, if a seasoned traveler, you are probably chuckling on your seat right now. If you are a Westerner, the best way to describe how [...]