By Mike V. Derderian The mild wind breezing through the city caused the new flags adorning the streets of Amman to flutter. With the sky, cloud...
Valley of the Kings
By Tanya GoudsouzianMadrid In 1999, a referendum was held in Egypt to determine whether or not the people wanted presidential elections. It cam...
Good-bye my beloved Baghdad
By Ara S. Ashjian Baghdad, Iraq I write these words while I say good-bye to you, my beloved Baghdad. I say good-bye while the pain and the grie...
Goodbye, Baghdad
We've decided to leave our home. The only other option is extending the nightmare of life in Iraq By Riverbend We've finally dec...
All quiet in Muscat
By Conor Purcell Oman is at once the forgotten country of the Middle East, and paradoxically, the most quintessentially Arabian. It might not b...
Taking in Bahrain
By Daniel Bardsley (?Gulf News? Staff Reporter) Up ahead I could see two circular towers ? and they were identical except for one crucial detail. ...
Is Qatar the next Dubai?
By Seth Sherwood FIVE times a day, the Muslim call to prayer echoes through the mazelike passageways of Souk Waqif in Doha, the capital ...
Dancing to Amman's new rhythm
Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh Has Amman changed? Is Amman changing? Yes. All cities in the world change. Political, economic, social, demogr...