Middle East

The Middle East is a loosely defined area that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. The most current CIA map of the area, as of April 2009, can be found here.

The history of the Middle East is diverse, depending on the country or territory. A good beginning source is the CIA World Fact Book.

The BBC has ongoing coverage of The Middle East. Major news magazines carry blogs about The Middle East, as do many major newspapers. Universities and colleges are a good source for comprehensive information, and there are a lot of personal blogs by people from The Middle East, Rantings of a Sand Monkey is one example.

You can search for information on The Middle East as a whole and by individual country, or look for blogs from The Middle East, by placing the word or words of our inquiry into the technorati search bar.

Tourism is big in The Middle East. If traveling from the United States check the Department of State travel advisories.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Middle East”

• Independent tour from Aqaba to Dead Sea?

  
  Cruise Critic Message Boards — Authority: 169
  We are stopping in Aqaba for 1 day in January. RCL has a tour to the Dead Sea. However, I read some quite bad reviews on Tripadvisor about the hotel they use there. So I would rather book with an independent tour operator to get us to the Dead Sea and maybe use a better hotel, like the Moevenpick which seems to be ...
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• Common Thread (Iran aiding Yemeni rebels)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  The al-Houthi tribe is involved in local uprisings in Yemen, attempts by Al-Qaida and Iran to ignite the Middle East, and power struggles between Saudi princes. They may yet destroy Yemeni unification. "The instructions we received from the king were not to act inside another states territory, but we will not let ...
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• Hezbollah denies link to arms ship seized by Israel

  
  Talk Vietnam — Authority: 505
  Lebanons Hezbollah guerrilla group denied on Thursday anyconnection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it hadintercepted on the high seas. Israeli officials said on Wednesday that naval commandos hadseized a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian-supplied arms,including rockets, to the Shiite Muslim ...
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• Fine-tuning the U.S. war in Afghanistan is no substitute for acknowledging — with words and with policy — that there will be no military solution.

  
  themcglynn.com/theliberal.net — Authority: 143
  In Afghanistan By Norman Solomon , AlterNet . Posted November 13, 2009. More stories by Norman Solomon Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington’s ambassador in Kabul, former ...
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• Amazing Photographs from Afghanistan

  
  news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs — Authority: 457
  Take a look at these extraordinary pictures from Afghanistan by David Guttenfelder at the Denver Post Media Center.
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• >>Why are the Muslim Terrorist being Tried in Civilian Courts and given Citizens Rights?

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 440
  The Corner on National Review Online One more abomination by Obamanation!  Why are these creatures giving the Muslim terrorists who have admitted being guilty of the 9/11 attacks  being given the status of American citizens and being tried for their crimes in civilian courts?  The following article has a very ...
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• ISRAELI-ARAB WAR WILL IGNITE OVER WATER

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  CHRISTIANS ALERT MORE TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND byPaul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org War is looming in the Middle East.But the cause, according to Arab experts, will be neither the creation of a Palestinian state nor the emergence of a nuclear Iran.It will arise from the shortage of water.The regions worsening ...
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• Be a ware of the Most Powerful Women

  
  Saudi To The Core — Authority: 108
  Some time it seems that there is nothing in the world to talk about except the issue of women in Saudi Arabia .....if you turn on TV you will find several channels discussing SAUDI  women . ....and it goes on and on throughout the day! ....Saudi women are oppressed / deprived of their rights / why they are not ...
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• Violence Flares Ahead of Algeria-Egypt Soccer Match

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  The last time the national soccer teams of Egypt and Algeria met in Cairo for a game to decide which nation would qualify for the World Cup, the conflict was so violent that it ended with an Egyptian supporter losing an eye and an Interpol arrest warrant being issued for an Algerian player.
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• Remaining 19 stations on Dubai Metro’s Red Line to open in Feb 2010, says RTA

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 515
  Dubai Metro’s Red Line will be completed in February 2010, the chairman of the Roads and Transport Authority’s (RTA) said on Saturday. The remaining 19 stations are 80 to 97 percent complete, Mattar Al Tayer said. The Red Line was launched in September 2009, however only 10 out of the line’s 29 stations were ...
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• Palm Jebel Ali investors reject Nakheel’s offer for studios

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 515
  Investor’s in Nakheel’s second palm-tree shaped island, Palm Jebel Ali, have rejected the Dubai-based developer’s offer for studios in compensation for delays in delivering villas, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing Arabic language newspaper Al-Ittihad. The newspaper cited an unconfirmed department official. ...
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• Dubai makes Lonely Planet’s Top 10 list of party cities

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 515
  Dubai was ranked the fourth best city in the world “to party the night away” in a new guide entitled “1000 Ultimate Experiences” by travel book publisher Lonely Planet. The number one destination is Belgrade, Serbia, followed by Montreal, Canada; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dubai, however, is not the only ...
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• Three Dubai Metro stations closed Saturday due to burst water pipe

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 515
  Three out of the Dubai Metro’s ten stations were closed on Saturday morning due to a burst water pipe on Sheikh Zayed Road earlier that day, reports Gulf News . The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) suspended operations at DIFC, Mall of the Emirates and Nakheel Harbour and Tower stations. Metro passengers were ...
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• Air Arabia posts first ever drop in Q3 profit

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 515
  Sharjah-based budget airline Air Arabia said its third quarter net profits dropped 9 percent to AED144 million due to the effects of the H1N1 virus on the aviation industry and the reduced number of travellers during the holy month of Ramadan. “Passenger traffic in the third quarter of 2009 was impacted by the ...
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• Political Football or Legal Quagmire [Reader Post]

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 646
  The trial of Guantanamo Terrorists has been in legal turmoil for years and will doubtless be milked by the Obama Administration for every political advantage possible; but because of Roosevelt’s heavy handed actions during World War II, the Obama political maneuvering may have unintended consequences. In 1942 eight ...
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• The Junkyards

  
  news.beiruter.com - A directory of Lebanese blogs — Authority: 457
  On Friday morning I went to the junkyards to sell my old beemer wheels. Once I was done I decided to drive around and take pictures since the weather was good and the sky nice and blue. I really love the place, you can find everything there from the old double decker buses to [...]
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• Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah (AP)

  
  Technology Blog — Authority: 169
  AP - Iran’s embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah’s regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement’s last real means of keeping its campaign alive.Excerpted from:Opposition: Iran ...
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• Egypts Darwin debates | Riazat Butt

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 157
  Scientists from around the world gather in Alexandria to discuss evolution – but is religion getting in the way? It was perhaps fitting, and more than a little fortuitous, that this weekends conference on Darwins legacy coincided with Egypts crucial World Cup qualifier against Algeria. The British Councils ...
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• Iraq & Afghanistan U.S. Occupation Casualties & Other Events

  
  themcglynn.com/theliberal.net — Authority: 143
  *************************************************** 11/14/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman and his brother in northern Baghdad Gunmen in a speeding car shot dead a policeman and his brother in northern Baghdad’s Shaab District on Friday night, police said…Gunmen in a speeding car shot and wounded the ...
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• Madagascar Cancels Water Deal with Saudi Arabia

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 518
  Madagascar’s government has ended a water export deal with Saudi Arabia because it was opposed by environmental, civil society groups in the country. A proposed deal to export water from the Faraony River in Madagascar to Saudi Arabia has been canceled, Global Water News Watch reports. The deal would have ...
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