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This section is devoted to celebrating the diversity of the Arab World. Please enjoy reading articles of experiences and encounters from right across the Arab World from Tangier to Tripoli, Beirut to Baghdad.

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Middle Eastern Hospitality by Caroline Muir

I was 21 and had no actual knowledge of the Middle East at that point, but I had heard of the famous Arab hospitality.  

Interlude in a Sandstorm by William Fullerton

Forty years ago I had the good fortune to have the chance to travel by Land Rover from Beirut to Jedda.

abandoned boat

Documentary Filmmaking in Morocco by Saeed Taji-Farouky

There is a saying in Arabic that translates as “I see the stars at noon.” 

i see stars

AN EARLY AFTERNOON IN BEIRUT BY TIM LLEWELLYN

I heard shrieks from the apartment next to me. One of the foreign ladies had obviously had enough. She was packing her bags.

Street image

MADA'IN SALEH BY VIRGINIA FORBES

Suddenly we saw Mada'in Salah. Massive outcrops of yellow sandstone rock seemed to bubble out of the plain to great heights.

The No Objection Certificate by Virginia Forbes

At Sur we stopped to watch dhows being built on the beach, lazed on the empty sands of Qalhat..

image of old fort