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Iran’s restaurant scene with leading tv chef

  • 15/07/2013
  • Jackie Abramian
Tehran’s leading celebrity chef preserves traditional Persian cooking in a show that has run for 16 years. Jackie Abramain gets plenty of tastes of Iranian food when she meets Saman Golriz for a restaurant crawl in the capital.
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Scorpions and desert storms: cycling Sudan

  • 26/06/2013
  • Charlie Walker
Globetrotting cyclist Charlie Walker pedals south from Wadi Haifa for the long hot journey to the capital, Khartoum.
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Ten good reasons to visit Iran

  • 25/06/2013
  • Anna Rudycheva
Donning a headscarf, Anna Rudycheva crosses into Iran - and walks into an unexpectedly warm welcome. This is her guide as to what to see and do.
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Mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Cycling through Kurdistan: welcome to a boom zone

  • 03/06/2013
  • Charlie Walker
The latest installment from Charlie Walker's three-year bike-ride around the world sees him pedal through Iraqi Kurdistan, dodging fast imported cars and endless cups of tea.
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Three lessons learned from 12 hours in Tangiers

  • 25/04/2013
  • Michael Bucaria
Somehow I don't think Michael Bucaria intended to visit Morocco. I think he bolted it onto his travels around Spain. But his daytrip into Africa proves an outstanding success.
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First view of Iran
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Overland Iran: borders apart, remarkably easy

  • 29/03/2013
  • Andy McGinlay
Officialdom aside, Andy McGinlay finds travelling in Iran refreshingly easy. As ever, its the Iranians themselves who make everything work.
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Cycling through Iran
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An all-too white Christmas: Iran by bike

  • 13/03/2013
  • Charlie Walker
Charlie Walker's epic bike ride continues through the Middle East's most hidden society, the shrouded rural areas of Iran. Though the authorities are routinely suspicious, amongst ordinary Iranians he finds nothing but friendliness.
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Damascus welcome sign
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Taken for spy in Assad’s Syria

  • 04/03/2013
  • Andy McGinlay
In the relatively relaxed early days of the Arab Spring, before Syria's uprising got serious, Andy McGinlay busses into Damascus and shoots off some photographs of city-centre buildings. Including, incredibly, the view from the top of the Ministry of Defense. This turns out to be somewhat unwise.
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Reasons Order College Dog Jerseys

  • 24/02/2013
  • Aaron Brooks
cheap dallas cowboys jerseys Turn on your own own computer and hook in the Web. Injuries tragically plagued this stars career but let’s stick to the great parts of his…
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Camping in the Kyzylkum Desert
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A leisurely pedal across today’s Afghanistan

  • 18/01/2013
  • Charlie Walker
It's hardly a usual destination for a cyclist. But getting a visa is easy so Charlie Walker seizes the opportunity to visit a country that may soon, once more, close its doors to the West.
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Abu Simbel
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Awed by Abu Simbel

  • 08/12/2012
  • Nolan Mascarenhas
Egypt's tourist industry is suffering as politicians plot. Shame, as it's a perfect time of year to visit. Nolan Mascarenhas heads south to explore the the world's greatest relocated temple.
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Dining in Dubai: restaurants with a view

  • 27/11/2012
  • Monica Martinez
Of all the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has by far the most extravagant facilities. Monica Martinez discovers a range of stunning restaurants, amid the clouds and amongst the fish.
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A journey to Nizwa, Oman’s ancient capital

  • 31/10/2012
  • Habeeb Salloum
A thousand years ago the sultanate of Oman was a world power, with colonies across the Indian Ocean and Africa. Habeeb Saloum searches for a glimpse of past power in it's historic capital but has to be content with a nice cup of tea.
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Mary Bruce flying her Bluebird
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Plane-crash in Baluchistan

  • 18/10/2012
  • Nancy R Wilson
In 1930 Mary Bruce became the first person to fly from the UK to Japan. But she nearly didn't make it, when an oil leak over the Gulf of Oman brings her biplane tumbling down into an Iranian desert. Biographer Nancy Wilson describes how the 'Queen of Speed' was slowed.
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Mountaineering in Iraqi Kurdistan

  • 17/04/2012
  • Levison Wood
Not many trekking expeditions head off into the wilds of Iraq. But when Levison Wood heads off into the snow-covered peaks of the Zagros Mountains he finds a warm welcome amongst the mountain Kurds.
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Awash with cash: daily life in Doha

  • 05/04/2012
  • Jason Smart
Jason Smart does a three-year stint in Qatar. As a westerner he's sheltered from the worst aspects of life in the Gulf but even oil dollars can't make Doha better than dull.
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Beirut cake
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Return of a native for Christmas in Beirut

  • 16/03/2012
  • Jackie Abramian
After 44 years away, Jackie Abramian's husband decides to return to his birthplace to celebrate winter. In Lebanon, she finds, they do this with style.
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Syria’s last tourist is a Brit on a jaunt

  • 10/02/2012
  • Nick Redmayne
Troubled times in Syria don't stop Nick Redmayne's drive to Jordan. He finds a warm welcome - but with undercurrents of worry - as he passes through Aleppo.
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Ten days, three people, one trail: Shvil Y’Israel

  • 07/10/2011
  • Sara DeGregoria
Whatever the problems of the Middle East, it's still possible to walk right the way across one country. Sara DeGregoria hikes the National Trail from one side of Israel to the other.
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Libya’s last tourist

  • 28/09/2011
  • Tom Coote
Pre-revolution and Libya was an attainable - if expensive - tourist destination. As European bombers fly in, Tom Coote finds himself on one of the last passenger flights out of Tripoli.
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Camel transport in Iran
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Driving across the ‘Axis of Evil’

  • 11/08/2011
  • Roy Locock
Western governments demonise Iran. But Roy Locock, rounding the world in an elderly MG Midget, is met by friendly hospitality. This account is excerpted from his book 'Not in That Car'.
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A royal flase door
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Medinet Habu: the mortuary temple of Ramses III

  • 11/08/2011
  • Jane Akshar
Sussex Egyptologist Jane Akshar has lived in Luxor for the last eight years. Here she introduces one of her favourite temples, off the beaten track amongst Egypt's ancient ruins.
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With or without kids – Colombia Beach Resort review

  • 20/06/2011
  • Sophie McGovern
Holidays with children are very different to holidays without. Sophie McGovern takes a look at a leading Cypriot resort to see how it caters for families and couples.
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Beirut: the Paris of the Middle East

  • 20/06/2011
  • Helena Frith Powell
Lebanon has something of a reputation: for civil war and hostage-taking. Undeterred Helena Frith Powell decides to visit - and takes her young family.
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Travel in the land of the Pharaohs

  • 16/06/2011
  • Mike Jones
The 'Arab Spring' has all but strangled tourism to Egypt. World-famous icons of the ancient world are all but deserted. Mike Jones says that now is a great time to visit.
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Syria 2011: stay away or visit?

  • 18/05/2011
  • Dorothy Conlon
Late April 2011 and government warnings are out in force. Stay away from Syria, they say. But with more than 80 years experience of travel Dorothy Conlon is quite old enough to form her own opinion: she visits Jordan and Syria and lives, quite easily, to tell the tale.
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Sharm el Sheikh Holiday Destination Guide

  • 20/04/2011
  • Iain Miller
It's ironic that the Middle Eastern revolutions were inspired by the desire for more jobs but as tourists stay away they're resulted in less jobs. Iain Miller outlines some very compelling reasons to escape to Egypt for a beach break.
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In Israel and Jordan

  • 20/04/2011
  • James Sinclair
James Sinclair spends some time in the fragile heart of Israel and then breaks out to explore the highlights of Jordan. This earns him a thorough search when he comes to fly home.
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No revolution on Lebanon’s ski pistes

  • 25/02/2011
  • Alanna Allen
Not all the Middle East is in a state of insurrection. Alanna Allen finds there's not a dictator in sight at the Mount Lebanon resort of Farya Mzaar - and the skiing is superb.
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Pampered pooches in Arab lands

  • 08/02/2011
  • Michele La Morte-Shbat
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are not places you'd expect to be friendly to dogs. But when Michele La Morte-Shbat goes to live in the Middle East there's no way she's leaving her two miniature poodles. At their first experience of lapdog life, surprised locals are soon smitten.
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Morocco on a budget: cheap(ish) Africa

  • 04/10/2010
  • Matthew Thomas
Armed with a Lonely Planet guidebook and an open-jaw plane ticket Matthew travels from Marakesh to Agadir.
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Muddling through Marrakech

  • 06/08/2010
  • Tara Donaldson
On her first day in Morocco, Tara Donaldson is momentarily taken aback by the speed and determination with which the locals seek to part her from her freshly-changed dollars.
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Ignore the hype: Dubai is dull

  • 11/05/2010
  • Anthony Toole
Oblivious to Israeli assassination squads tramping through his hotel, Anthony Toole finds a single-night stopover in the Middle East's holiday hotspot is quite long enough.
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Jordan: ancient treasures and bus terminals

  • 02/04/2010
  • Sam Harris
Most travellers to Jordan travel on tours - and miss half the experience. Sam Harris gets about by bus but still catches the highlight sights.
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Escaping Dubai’s dog day summer: into Oman

  • 04/11/2009
  • Allen Rindfleisch
Even the brochure writers struggle to sell Dubai, in the summer, as a good place to be. Expat worker Allen Rindfleisch escapes the suffocating heat to drive across the border into the deserts of Oman.
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Big lessons from the world’s smallest school

  • 06/09/2009
  • Chris Barrett
Three students, no problems. Chris Barrett finds an enterprising ex-soldier running the world's smallest school, dedicated to bringing the light of knowledge to a fishing village in Iran.
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Jordan: ancient culture and modern art

  • 28/08/2009
  • Jacqueline Beach
In 2009 Jordan celebrates a hundred years of statehood. This seems rather modest, as its historical roots reach back for millennia. Jacqueline Beach reports on Amman, ancient and modern.
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Into Iran

  • 17/07/2009
  • Max Le Grand
Max le Grand takes a tour of pre-election Iran, and finds a welcoming country where the secrets in the past continue, hidden, to underpin life in the present day. Axis of Evil? We think not.
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