TRADITIONS Like other countries belonging to the Arab world, Jordan boasts traditions and customs largely belonging to the Islamic culture. However, there is no lack of peculiarities, in different areas, which contribute to distinguish the[…]
Join a tour of the history and nature to two of perhaps the Middle East’s perhaps most interesting and tourist-friendly countries – Israel and Jordan. You get the opportunity to easily and comfortably experience the[…]
Current policy Yemen is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Yemen was ruled for over twenty years by a regime that erupted in respect for human rights, even though the rule of[…]
Current policy United Arab Emirates is a country located in the region of Western Asia. The United Arab Emirates is authoritatively controlled by the president and leaders of the seven emirates. Elections to half of[…]
Current policy Turkey is a country located in the region of Western Asia. July 15, 2016 has been written in Turkish history books as one of the most crucial days in modern times. That evening,[…]
Current policy Syria is a country located in the region of Western Asia. For decades, Syria has been ruled as a dictatorship by the Assad family, which belongs to the country’s Alawite minority. Hopes that[…]
Current policy Saudi Arabia is a country located in the region of Western Asia.All political power in Saudi Arabia lies with the royal family of Al Saud. The several thousand princes dominate both business and[…]
Current policy Qatar is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Under emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled from the mid-1990s, a number of reforms were initiated. A new constitution has[…]
Current policy Oman is a country located in the region of Western Asia. The protests during the Arab Spring of 2011 also reached Oman, but received less impact than in other parts of the Arab[…]
Current policy Lebanon is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Lebanon is witnessing something of a new Arab spring. A protest movement that took off in the fall of 2019 has succeeded[…]
Current policy Kuwait is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Politics in Kuwait is characterized by contradictions between the government, which is dominated by the ruling emir of the Sabah family, and[…]
Current policy Jordan is a country located in the region of Western Asia. When the young King Abdullah took office after his father’s death in 1999, many had hoped for both political and economic reforms.[…]
Current policy Israel is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Benjamin Netanyahu has led government coalitions in recent years, described as the most right-wing in Israeli history. The settler movement with support[…]
Current policy Iraq is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Iraq held its first parliamentary elections in 2018 after defeating the Islamic State (IS). A difficult task awaited the electoral victories, and[…]
Current policy Iran is a country located in the region of Western Asia. Since the death of the hero of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989, groups within the ruling elite have been[…]
Current policy Bahrain is a country located in the region of Western Asia. In the years that followed the unrest in 2011, protests against the regime continued and the political climate intensified. A large number[…]
