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Jaffa: Bride of the Sea
Sharq
takes you to the once-vibrant Palestinian city of Jaffa, lost in the 1948
Nakba
[Catastrophe].
Doha, Qatar
The Dullest Place on Earth or the New Dubai?
Damascus: A World of Oriental Comfort
Sharq explores the historic homes of Old Damascus, the crown jewels of the longest continuously inhabited city on earth
The Ancient Rose-Red City of Petra
Petra was carved out of rose-red rock beginning about 500 BC by the mainly merchant Nabataean Arabs. They chose the site for their capital due to its impregnable location: surrounded by rugged sandstone hills, it could be easily protected from all directions...
Coptic Cairo
Historically distinguished as the oldest part of the Middle East… Sharq explores Africa’s largest city, where the Holy Family sought refuge
Libya
The Jewel In The Crown Of North African Tourism
Aleppo: 4000 years behind the counter
Since those earliest times, the long-distance trade in rare exotics and the face-to-face retailing of everyday essentials have been Aleppo’s sustenance. The clamor and calls emanating today from its suqs (markets) are the echoes of the same sounds that rang there four thousand years ago.
