Travel

After studying in Europe for 6 years and traveling extensively within the USA for one month I met a lot of brilliant people from the Middle East, building, innovating, creating amazing things with their work and lives. Whenever I speak to them, many request that I start a new life elsewhere, for the safety, comfort, [...]

You may have noticed my lack of communication during much of the previous month since I was all around the USA with the most hectic schedule anyone can ask for, but it was a very rewarding opportunity. I do not go to the USA ever so this was pretty much my first “real” experience there. [...]

I’ll be attending this conference in Berlin representing (and presenting) our work and activism on Mideast Youth. Apparently I’m giving the keynote speech, which is a true honor, and making a joint presentation with Mary Joyce of DigiActive at some point.
What the conference is about:
The motto “Shift happens” promises change. Tanja Haeusler explains: “With ‘Shift [...]

I am a Bahraini student in my last year of high school and I’m seriously thinking of continuing my higher education in Iran.
The university I’m interested in is The University of Tehran, the one located in Kish. What is Kish like? Is it safe?
Basically what I’m asking here is….would you recommend me to study [...]

On December 25, when all Radio and TV channels have special programs for new year, I’d never call my Iranian Christian friends to say them a warm “Merry Christmas”. Since in this day there is no celebration in their house. Christmas for Iranian Christians is started since January 6 and of course there are many [...]

I was a way on vacation for a couple of weeks and it was a breath of fresh air. The beauty of traveling for me lies in the small things. The things that people usually take for granted such as having the cool breeze brush through my hair, the warmth of the sun on [...]

Israeli environmental website Green Prophet recently brought our attention to the variety of eco tourism options in the Middle East – specifically in Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. But those eco tours are all confined within the borders of a single country.
If you think about it, eco tourism has the potential to be [...]

Last week, 8 July, UNESCO World Heritage Center, inscribed 21 new places as world heritage places on its list.

Sherif Hedayat and I were at the Malha Mall in West Jerusalem when news broke out about a White American Christian terrorist who opened fire on innocent shoppers (are there any other kind, I guess?) and killed nine and wounded more than five. We had to pass through an intense security check entering the Mall. [...]

I’m at Queen Alia Airport rightnow waiting for my flight to take off to Beirut, as I’ll be speaking at the 2nd Arab Free Press Forum, organised by the World Association of Newspapers. Thanks to my wonderful friend Esra’a who nominated me for this event.
My Presentation will be on Monday December 10th about Blogs as [...]