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Videos, Photography, Photostories from across the Middle East
London Cab’s Record Breaking Journey
VIDEO, ITN: Three friends have clocked up 43,321 miles driving around the world in a London cab, setting a new record for the longest ever taxi journey.…
Sacha Baron Cohen Takes on the Dictators
VIDEO: Will the Arab world take to Cohen's The Dictator, or will it complain as hard and as bitterly as Kazakhstan did over Borat?…
Dubai Debt Prison Hunger Strikes
VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: In Dubai a group of jailed foreign businessmen imprisoned for issuing bounced cheques engage in a hunger strike.…
Armchair Travels: Gourmet France en Dubai
THE HEDONISTA: Each bite holds the adventure, terroir, culture, simple pleasure, even that tick on the bucket list others can only find in grander things.…
Major Clampdown on Saudi Press Freedom
CROSSROADS ARABIA: The now infamous Saudi blogger Hamza Kashgari is not the only one to feel the full force of new Saudi laws. …
Israeli Delusion in Anti-Iran Propaganda
RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Israeli delusion is evident in this short film purporting to film the last moments of an Israeli family before Iran drops a bomb .…
Jordan: Another Disappearing Tradition
NASEEEM TARAWNAH: The river has been sucked dry over the decades to nothing more than a trickle of murky water.…
Syria Jails Blogger: A Courageous and Committed Critic of the Assad Regime
SYRIA NEWS WIRE: The Syrian authorities' patience with one of their most consistent and trenchant critics has snapped with Razan Ghazzawi's arrest. …
A Silent Grandeur: Wafi, Dubai’s Forgotten Mall
THE HEDONISTA: Shop assistants mimic the foyer's statues. A janitor sweeps the floor. It is already clean. He buffs it. But it is already polished.…
Jerusalem Postcard: Tears, Trinkets, Traffic
STEVE ROYSTON: "When we enter Jerusalem, you will be surrounded by people who will try to take your money. I know these people..."…
Firebombed Newspaper Charlie Hebdo a Victim of its Own Making
ROB L. WAGNER: Charlie Hebdo’s editors abuse the privilege of being journalists. Their behavior strengthens the argument anti blasphemy laws are necessary…
Eid is Just Around the Corner: So Where to Go?
THE HEDONISTA: Eid al Adha has been my favourite - the last few years it has fallen far enough out of summer it occurs with the change of season.…