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Morocco

A security guard checks the trunk of a car before embarking on a ferry bound for Tangier at the Algeciras Port. (AFP)

Moroccans shun local tourism for Spain, Turkey and Asia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women arrive at Abha Airport in the popular Saudi mountain resort of the same name. (AFP)

Saudi women gain new freedoms, including right to travel, access to work opportunities

Morocco

A view of Asrir oasis from the hill.

The unspoiled landscape of Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun

culture

Iraqi poet and traveller Basim Furat. (Courtesy of Basim Furat)

Building cultural bridges ‘with love’ through travel literature

Khulud al-Fallah

Egypt

The Bent Pyramid marked a turning point from the step-sided pyramids to the smooth-sided ones. (Joan Carles Tarda)

Egypt’s famous Bent Pyramid, a marvel of ancient geometry

Marc Espanol-34622

Lebanon

Mount Hermon as seen from the Ammiq wetlands in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.(AFP)

Ecotourism, stunning nature lure visitors to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

Travel

Artists perform near the cave of Althiburos. (Sailing Stones)

Tunisia’s Althiburos cave, an artists’ sanctuary in lush landscape

Egypt

A fancy cafe and restaurant in Dahab. (Ahmed Megahid)

Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Dahab gaining prominence

Lebanon

Moussa Castle under a blanket of snow. (Ziad Maamari)

Moussa Castle: A life dream built stone by stone