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Middle East holidays

April 2021

  • Worshippers maintaining social distance at the Grand Mosque in Mecca

    Mecca to accept only ‘immunised’ pilgrims from Ramadan

    Worshippers must be vaccinated against Covid or have recovered from the virus, say SaudisCoronavirus – latest updates

February 2021

  • falafel

    The falafel is part of my Israeli psyche – here’s my recipe

    This London chef and author is missing proper streetside falafel dripping with hot sauce and tahini – but they can be recreated at home

June 2020

  • Gertrude Bell

    Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
    Gertrude Bell: the Victorian bluestocking who helped found modern Iraq

  • The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh in Qom

    Iran's beautiful palaces and holy sites – in pictures

May 2020

  • Lady Hester Stanhope drawing

    Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
    Lady Hester Stanhope: meet the trailblazing Queen of the Desert

  • The empty treasury site in the ancient city of Petra, photographed on 17 March.

    Ghosts replace crowds as Covid-19 rattles Jordan's ancient city of Petra

December 2019

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    The Guardian picture essay
    Little town of Bethlehem – a travel photo essay

    Palestinians increasingly see tourism as a way to tell their story, and a trip to Bethlehem and East Jerusalem offers an evocative insight into the hopes and fears of the West Bank community

June 2019

  • Mounir Restaurant, Lebanon

    Dom Joly’s foodie tour of Lebanon

    The comedian spent his childhood in Lebanon and fell in love with its cuisine. Returning to tour the country’s mountains, he finds the food as good as ever

January 2019

  • Dancers in town square<br>The Zocalo, or town square, of Oaxaca is a popular place for celebration.

    Where to go on holiday in 2019 – the hotlist

    A total solar eclipse, two World Cups, several new flights and walking trails, and big birthday celebrations from Havana to the Grand Canyon – here are our top 40 destinations worth checking out this year

July 2018

  • Pomegranate Cake 18 (3198f0b8f274b8724372111f93bc3e4216e27128)

    Yasmin Khan’s Palestinian recipes: hummus, kefte and pomegranate cake

  • The Great Saint Bernard Pass, Switzerland

    The Crossway by Guy Stagg review – a 3,400-mile walk to Jerusalem

April 2018

  • A dahabiya on the Nile.

    Sailing the Nile in style

    There’s plenty of good eating, dozing and Egypt’s magnificent past to enjoy on this leisurely cruise aboard a luxurious dahabiya – though not a hint of Agatha Christie melodrama, mercifully

February 2018

  • Aerial view of a table of Lebanese food and drink.

    Culture, clubbing and chaos: out with the locals in Beirut

    Amid the city’s traffic jams and power cuts, a collaborative vibe among young Beirutis is seeing cutting-edge galleries and bars spring up, along with an emerging LGBTQ scene

December 2017

  • The Jordan trail

    The running blog
    Jogging in Jordan: the 650km trail that's a journey through time

  • Desert in Oman, Wahiba Sands.

    Wildest dreams: a family camping trip in Oman

July 2017

  • Residents of Gaza City cool off in the sea. Levels of contamination of the water have reached record levels this year.

    'The worst it's been': children continue to swim as raw sewage floods Gaza beach

    For most of the 2 million people in this overcrowded strip of land – largely cut off from the outside world – the beach and sea are the only affordable form of recreation. The only option now is to swim and even fish in filthy water

June 2017

  • The writer chatting with Steph, Anas and a friend outside the monastery at Petra.

    Little Petra: exploring the tastes and traditions of 'the real Jordan'

    A new initiative from a husband-and-wife team offers the chance to venture into the desert beyond Jordan’s most iconic site, in the company of local people

May 2017

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    ‘The kitchen has no religion’: the Lebanese activist offering hope through food

    With a farmers’ market, and a string of restaurants and B&Bs, Kamal Mouzawak is helping Lebanese women and Syrian refugees to transform their lives

March 2017

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    How to plan a post-Brexit holiday – from Serbia to the Lake District

  • Wadi Rum, Jordan

    Instagram snapshots
    From Petra to Wadi Rum: an archaeologist's view of Jordan

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