If you want to don your Indiana Jones hat and explore Cairo, chances are, you’ll be headed to the Pyramids of Giza. You'll see them coming at you from every postcard stand across the city. Cairo is...

Tucked in the northeast corner of the Arabian peninsula, Qatar might not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of tourism, but that just means it's a hidden gem. Whether...

With 350 days of sunshine and temperatures that average around 80 degrees, Dubai is an excellent destination to visit at any time of the year. With plenty of cheap flights available; great food and shopping...

This post was updated on October 31, 2023.  Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is more than just the nation's second-largest city. While often recognized as a lavish business epicenter in...

What do the movies The Martian, The Last Days on Mars, Prometheus, and Red Planet all have in common? They're all science fiction movies set on other planets and they were all filmed in southern Jordan. In...

Dubai has no shortage of amazing things to do, which makes choosing only ten kind of tough. It's also a destination famous for its priceyeness, but there are plenty of attractions and activities that visitors...

“Welcome home.” I’m caught off guard. It’s my second day in Israel and here I am, amid a gaggle of cargo shorts wearing Americans and having been told by an interested local: “Welcome...

Before I headed to Israel, I was forewarned by family and friends. “Is it safe to go there?” they investigated with caution, influenced, of course, by what they had heard in the media. Nevertheless, once I...

There’s an interesting country on 2016’s list of trendiest places to visit. Have you noticed? It’s Iran. This Middle Eastern nation has been recommended over and over this year as a top spot to...

Have you noticed that Iran is all over the news this year? It's not for the reason you might think! In 2016, as international sanctions start to disappear, Iran is being highlighted as the up and coming...

Dubai has quite the reputation. From housing the world’s tallest building to fashioning its own personalized, man-made islands, there’s no other place in the world that does excess quite like Dubai. The...