Category: Middle East
Yemen: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Yemen Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Yemen, home to 19,685,161 people, is one of the oldest inhabited regions on Earth — the ancient city of Shibam, built around the 3rd century AD, is often called the ‘Manhattan of the desert’ for its 500-year-old mud-brick skyscrapers. Situated at the southern tip of the […]
Saudi Arabia: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Saudi Arabia Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Saudi Arabia, covering 2,150,000 km² of the Arabian Peninsula, is the largest country in the Middle East and the 12th-largest in the world, with a population of 4,072,110 in its capital Riyadh alone. Founded as a unified kingdom in 1932 by Abdulaziz ibn Saud, it […]
Iraq: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Iraq Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Iraq, with a population of 7,289,759 in its capital Baghdad alone, is one of the most historically layered destinations on earth — home to the cradle of civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, founded over 6,000 years ago along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The country covers 438,317 […]
Bahrain: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Bahrain Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Bahrain is a compact island kingdom of 33 natural islands in the Persian Gulf, home to 160,691 citizens and spanning just 780 square kilometers — making it one of the world’s smallest countries. Founded as a modern state in 1971 after independence from Britain, it sits […]
United Arab Emirates: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
United Arab Emirates Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) The United Arab Emirates is a federation of 7 emirates covering 83,600 km² on the Arabian Peninsula, with a population of just 89,608 Emirati nationals among a total resident population exceeding 9 million. Founded on 2 December 1971, it rose from pearl-diving backwater to […]
Syria: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Syria Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a West Asian country with a population of approximately 4,592,777, bordering the Mediterranean, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. Home to Damascus — one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth, founded over 10,000 years ago — Syria […]
Lebanon: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Lebanon Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Lebanon packs extraordinary diversity into a country just 10,452 km² in size, with a capital Beirut home to 6,100,075 people and a history stretching back over 5,000 years as one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions on earth. The Lebanese coastline sits at sea level while […]
Kuwait: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Kuwait Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Kuwait, a Gulf state of 4.6 million people at the head of the Persian Gulf, packs extraordinary contrasts into a country smaller than New Jersey — spanning just 17,818 sq km. Founded as a trading settlement around 1613, it transformed into one of the world’s wealthiest […]
Oman: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Oman Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Oman, the Sultanate on the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, covers 309,500 sq km and is home to a population of 551,737 Omani nationals plus millions of expatriate residents, with Muscat sitting at sea level along 3,165 km of dramatic coastline. Founded as a unified sultanate in 1749 […]
Qatar: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Qatar Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Qatar is a high-income Gulf state of 47,316 square kilometers jutting into the Persian Gulf, with Doha as its capital sitting at sea level and home to roughly 2.9 million residents. Founded as a British protectorate in 1916 and gaining full independence in 1971, Qatar transformed […]
Jordan: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Jordan Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Jordan, the Hashemite Kingdom with a population of 10,428,241, packs an extraordinary density of world-class history into an area roughly the size of Portugal — from Petra, carved by the Nabataeans around 300 BCE, to the Dead Sea at 430 metres below sea level, the lowest […]
Israel: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Israel Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Israel packs Mediterranean beaches, ancient desert landscapes, and 3,000-year-old holy cities into a country roughly the size of New Jersey — just 22,145 sq km. With a population of 872,700 in Jerusalem alone and sites like the Dead Sea sitting at 430 metres below sea level […]