The first thing I did after arriving home yesterday evening was, naturally, to open the door of my fridge and peer inside.  I got nothing,...

If you’re looking for some light reading from the Middle East, something peppered with the region’s wit and satire, then look no farther than Abu...

Loggers get $5 a tree in Syria now that the heat of conflict is on, and the cold winter has set it in. In Darkush,...

A 90-minute yoga class in the great outdoors?  Piece of cake, some yogis will say.  But with Bikram yoga, a form created by Calcutta-born Bikram...

Of my most prized possessions is a new blender I recently purchased, the Vitamix.  Mine is a model called the TurboBlend VS.  The Vitamix is...

Sugar wax, sugaring or Persian waxing, whatever you want to call it there is an old, tried and true way to wax, naturally.

The Sahara.  It’s the world’s hottest desert and almost as large as China or the United States, so travelers have good reason to be wary...

Dubai learns some new moves with the Flying Steps. Red Bull has made the promotional move of contracting the four-time world breakdancing champions, the Flying...

Not like Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar, the famous Emirati souk hosted by the Artisans of the Emirates, or ARTE,  is a baby – only seven...

People usually associate a flea market with old, dusty clothes and other “junk,” consider it a sort of yard sale collision.  In Amman, however, Souk...