Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria is predominantly a disease affecting Africa, south and central America, Asia, and the middle east. The heaviest burden is in Africa, where around 90% of the approximately one million deaths from malaria worldwide occur each year. Malaria ... [... more]
Health Protection Agency |
Preserved Lemons
Although usually considered a Moroccan concoction, preserved lemons are found all over North Africa and the Middle East. Slice the lemons into quarters to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) from the stem end of the lemon, so the quarters are still ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Christopher de Bellaigue
Christopher de Bellaigue was born in London and now lives in Tehran with his family. He has spent the past decade working as a journalist in the Middle East and South Asia, and his work appears in The Economist, the New York Review of Books, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Equus 2009 Deluxe Wall Calendar
 Equus Wall Calendar: From hundreds of mustangs galloping across the plains of Utah to Icelandic horses poised against a glacial backdrop, from Haflingers high in the Austrian Alps to Arabians in the desert of the Middle East, British photographer Tim [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Carine Fabius
The magical art of mehndi, or henna painting, has been practiced for centuries in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and now it has finally arrived in the West. Packed with inspirational photographs of traditional andcontemporary mehndi, this ... [... more]
Random House |
Christine Ford
One Christmas Eve at a military barracks in the Middle East, some homesick soldiers are paid a visit by Sergeant McClaus... Cecelia prides herself on being the lookout in the woods behind her Texas home. After all, a person as skinny and gullible ... [... more]
Random House |
Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron was born in London in 1939. He left publishing to travel -- mainly in Asia and North Africa, where he made documentary films which were shown on BBC and world television. Afterwards, he returned to the Middle East, and wrote five ... [... more]
Random House |
Reza Deghati
With the Middle East and Asia as his far-ranging home territory, Reza has chronicled 30 years of turmoil, hope, and splendor for a host of international publications including Newsweek, Time, Geo, and National Geographic magazines. Now, he ... [... more]
Random House |
Azadeh Moaveni
Azadeh Moaveni is the author of Lipstick Jihad and the co-author, with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, of Iran Awakening. She has lived and reported throughout the Middle East, and speaks both Farsi and Arabic fluently. As one of the few ... [... more]
Random House |
Gary Berntsen
GARY BERNTSEN served for more than two decades in the Central Intelligence Agency. He operated at the highest levels in the Middle East and Latin America and led the CIA's major counterterrorist deployments in East Africa following the attacks on ... [... more]
Random House |
Sebastian Junger
With the Middle East and Asia as his far-ranging home territory, Reza has chronicled 30 years of turmoil, hope, and splendor for a host of international publications including Newsweek, Time, Geo, and National Geographic magazines. Now, he ... [... more]
Random House |
Vegetarian Recipes Around the World - Taboullah
I usually bring it at parties, to make sure that there's food suitable for me. In autumn, I prepared a vegan Middle Eastern buffet for a friend's birthday, and tabouli was of course part of it. Originating in the Middle East, this salad is best ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
