Druze rally for Assad in the Golan Heights
Click to watch video "This is our happy-land," said Hamad Awidat standing next to a minefield in Majdal Shams, a village in the Israeli-controlled northern Golan Heights, as he points at the Syrian...
View ArticleTunisian Jewish pilgrimage cancelled amid North Africa tensions
A rabbi drinks a glass of fig alcohol at the 2010 pilgrimage to Derba, a Tunisian island By Joe Sterling, CNN (CNN) – The political tension bubbling across Tunisia, Libya and the rest of North Africa...
View ArticleUnrest in Middle East, Africa cast pall over Ramadan for Muslims
This file image, taken October 13, 2007, shows Egyptians praying in Cairo's streets during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world on Monday ushered in Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk...
View ArticleArchaeological find reveals details on ancient Jewish rituals
Click to watch video A newly discovered 2000-year-old coin-sized clay seal is shedding light on one of the most significant periods of Jewish history, Israeli archaeologists announced Sunday. The seal...
View ArticleKuwaiti tweeters jailed for blasphemy and insulting rulers
The Kuwait Times is reporting that an appeals court yesterday upheld a 10-year jail term for a tweeter found guilty of insulting the nation's ruling Emir and calling for the overthrow of the regime....
View ArticleMuslims prepare to observe Ramadan, whenever it starts
Ramadan decorations are hung outside a shop in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 18, 2012, to welcome the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (HAZEM BADER/AFP/GettyImages) Muslims around...
View ArticleA Non-Pilgrim at the Hajj: A Memoir
At entrance to Mecca, Saudi Arabia 'Tis the Hajj season again – once a year the world views the iconic images of a sea of pilgrims dressed in white at Islam's holiest site, Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as...
View ArticleJerusalem's Holy Water Wars
AFP/Getty Images It's a story that combines three of the region's most critical issues – it's a dispute in Jerusalem, a dispute between Arabs and Israelis... and a dispute over water. All rolled into...
View ArticleIME in 2012: The language of art
Click to watch video A look back at the highlights of 2012 covered on Inside the Middle East. Want to see more? Follow the show on Facebook for all the latest from 'Inside the Middle East.'
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