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Socotra Island dragon trees from Yemen bleed when cut

Dragon trees in the background, Yemen The Latin name of the endangered Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree is Dracaena cinnabari and it is native to the Socotra archipelago of islands in Yemen in the Indian Ocean. It is called a dragon tree due to the red sap that the trees produce.

Europeans try to save storks, then this happens over Lebanon (warning graphic images)

There is no fighting chance for migratory birds when they fly over Lebanon: Hunting laws may be in place in the Middle East, but...

Walk like an Egyptian using Google Street View

If you’re familiar with Google Street View, you might have used it to see the Burj Khalifa up close and personal or spanned the...

Google Street View uses camels to map UAE’s Liwa Desert

Google, bastion of cool-tech, has gone Throwback Thursday in a major way - resorting to camels to capture its latest addition to Google Maps....

Suez Canal and the military problem

The creation of the man-made Suez Canal that links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean has made it easier to ship goods from Asia...

Hajj selfie fever rocks the Kaabah in Mecca – but is humble bragging holy?

The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca known as Hajj has officially begun. Just search #hajj or #hajj2014 and you’ll see proof on social media sites...

See how Asia’s Aral Sea shrinks before our very eyes in these time lapse photos

We've killed it! Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is about 10% of its former...

Iran’s mosques and architecture in full color

The most spectacular Islamic religious architecture and interior design in mosques is something few westerners have experienced.

3 green reasons why the UAE should be on your travel bucket list

The United Arab Emirates has now become a very popular holiday destination, boasting dry, hot weather for much of the year. Although the climate...

Green tourism the “next big thing” in Middle East

An exciting tourism project is set to promise a bright economic future for Saudi Arabia. Saudi native Aziza Turkistani has created her own green tours...

Dubai launches new Space Agency: Muslims on Mars!

The Middle East joins the race to space with a new program which will launch a research probe to MARS in the next seven...

Dune skiing in Saudi Arabia

What's a beach without a shoreline, or a dune perch that overlooks a horizon of...more sand? According to the World Tourism Organization, it's the...

The best environmental photographs in the world

Picture what happens when the world's only independent, chartered organization dedicated to achieving a sustainable world teams up with one of the oldest environmental...

Students tackle ‘space elevator’ design challenge in Israel

In 1895, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed to build a space elevator that could reach from Earth into space; it never got off the ground, but in 1957 another Russian...

An au natural topless tour trend the Middle East’s resisting

Planking's passé, horsemaning is history, and while selfies are thriving in Tunisia, a new photo trend has emerged with the winning combination of mashing the...

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