It's easy to find bad news coming from the Middle East. You just have to turn on the news, go online, or open a newspaper. It's the purpose of this page to share insights about the Middle East and Arab culture that focus on the positive. Enjoy!
A Positive View of the Middle East Laughter...the universal language that brings people together
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When North American comedians poked fun at the local practice of marrying a cousin and tweaked Palestinians as being skilled stone throwers, everyone laughed, and laughed hard.
Normally, I travel by myself. This time, however, I was able to cross over into one of my favorite countries with two incredible people. And we had quite the adventure. I take a bus to and from where I live and where I used to live...
Anyone who's spent even a casual few weeks in a cross-cultural setting is well aware of the wonder, the complexity, the beauty, the frustration of communication across language barriers. Yes, frustration...
Christi Cunsolo, Amman, Jordan. Yesterday I had to go to immigration to have my visa extended. Unfortunately, I didn't have the paperwork I needed to have which included a blood test. Thankfully I live in an apartment rented by a school for foreign students across the street...
A Positive View of the Middle East Hi Fans...what do you think of the page? How can we make it better? If you like it, tell all of your friends about us. We want people to see "the other side" of the news from the area.
Have you ever heard of George Lawrence Price? I hadn't until today. Mr. Price was in the Canadian army and was the last soldier killed in World War I. He died at 10:55am, on Monday, Nov 11, 1918, just two minutes before the signing of the armistice that ended the war...
Brent Neely; Haifa Lately fruits and vegetables have been on my mind. In part, I suppose, because the quality of the produce here is, IMO ("in my opinion" for those not fluent in Twitterese or the language of texting), fantastic...
Christi Cunsolo, Amman, Jordan. I had originally planned on writing a lovely blog about our fun Thanksgiving and how great it was to have Arab friends there and how rich my life is to be able to spend American holidays with such wonderful people...
Brent Neely; Haifa As it turns out we have been going through a stretch lately where we have had to go to a lot of doctors, labs, hospital testing, etc. All will be well, by God's grace...
Pam Morton; Cairo, Egypt Today I thought, "This is it. This is where the interesting pieces of information end. We've settled into a routine and it's all pretty much predictable now. Wrong...
Christi Cunsolo, Amman, Jordan I love traveling. I love that every time I do I have really fun adventures. This weekend was a perfect example. I spent the first morning doing some shopping because all my friends were either in class or at work...
Amy Renfroe; Amman, Jordan I've been given a lot of advice in my life but none as brash and yet altogether sincere as the bits of wisdom and counsel offered by both friends and strangers here in the Middle East...
