Iraq | Jun 30, 2022 YouTube influencers discover Iraq The most famous content producers on YouTube, including artists, media professionals, and other prominent social media figures, recently visited Iraq.
Gulf | Jun 23, 2022 Tourism to Dubai up nearly 200% this year The Expo 2020 Dubai provided a big boost as the Emirati city continues to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic.
Egypt | Jun 23, 2022 Egypt looks for upsurge in tourists from sanctions-hit Russia Cairo and Moscow are holding talks to allow the Russian payment system MIR in Red Sea resorts.
Israel | Jun 20, 2022 Israel expects post-COVID tourism rebound this summer Israeli experts do not expect tourism to reach this summer the record level of 2019, but they certainly notice a trend of increase on both outbound and incoming tourism.
Egypt | Jun 18, 2022 Egypt uses augmented reality to promote medical tourism Egypt’s General Authority for Health Care announced the use of metaverse technology to promote its medical tourism project as the country’s tourism sector is trying to compensate for the losses incurred during the coronavirus pandemic, and most recently the Russian war on Ukraine.
Iran | Jun 13, 2022 Iran and Iraq sign tourism deal The agreement follows protests of Iranian “interference” after a drone attack targeted an alleged Israeli spy base in northern Iraq.
Jun 9, 2022 Venezuela’s Maduro receives warm welcome in Turkey Turkey and Venezuela have good relations, much to the chagrin of the United States.
Tunisia | Jun 5, 2022 Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisian island stirs calls for criminalizing normalization with Israel The annual Jewish pilgrimage to El-Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia has rekindled the popular and political debate over the issuance of a law criminalizing normalization with Israel.
Egypt | May 17, 2022 Egypt looks to Gulf to revive tourism sector affected by Russian-Ukrainian war Egypt is seeking to increase Arab tourism from the Gulf at a time when this vital sector has struggled to overcome the recession it suffered with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Egypt | May 16, 2022 Egyptian mission unearths 85 tombs, temple for Isis goddess in Upper Egypt An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered a tower house, in addition to the remains of a Ptolemaic temple and about 85 tombs dating back to different periods from the end of the Old Kingdom until the end of the Ptolemaic period in Sohag, southern Egypt.
Iran says nuclear deal still possible despite Qatar talks setback Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jun 30, 2022
Iran says nuclear deal still possible despite Qatar talks setback Agence France-Presse | AFP | Jun 30, 2022
Soundbite: Lahib Higel, Senior Iraq Analyst at the International Crisis Group, on the Sinjar agreement