Culture

The Omani Village That’s Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship

By Tone Delin Indrelid Just across the road from the serene looking green domed mosque…

10 badass Middle Eastern women you need to know about on International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’ve put together this list of 10 Middle Eastern women…

24 hours in Bahrain

Like its other Gulf cousins (Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi…), the Bahraini capital of Manama is…

Essential podcasts to help you understand the Middle East

Trying to understand the Middle East is complicated at best and impossible at worst. News stories give conflicting views of developments on the ground and much of the mainstream media coverage is steeped in stereotypes and lacking in nuance. The following list of podcasts are essential listening if you’re interested in the region – they deconstruct Middle Eastern history, politics, culture and the economy to give you a clearer picture of what’s going on in this fascinating and often misunderstood part of the world.

The Best Cities to Study Arabic in the Middle East: Beirut

Have YOU always thought about studying Arabic in the Middle East but never known where…

Reasons to be hopeful in 2018

Happy new year! I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and that 2018 is a…

Art as a means of recovery for the Yezidi women who escaped ISIL

Last summer, the Yezidis of northern Iraq marked the third anniversary of the attempted genocide…

The Omani Designer Bringing Khaleeji Style to the World

Omani business graduate Amal Al Raisi found a career in fashion totally by accident while…

Gulf Getaways: Rajasthan

There are many perks to living and working in the Gulf, but there are also…