Your Name in Hebrew - Middle Eastern Culture
Ever wonder how to spell your name, or your friends names in Hebrew? Using the chart below, it's easy to find the Hebrew version of your name. Hebrew is written from right to left, so simply take each letter sound in your name, find the ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Jordan (Country Guide)
 Lonely Planet Jordan: I bought this book after my trip to Jordan. I usually buy my Lonely Books before I make the trip. Even after the trip, the book was very useful. I was able to better understand and appreciate the sights I saw while in Jordan. I have [... more]
$22.99
Amazon.com |
Cats' Middle Eastern Origins - Middle Eastern Culture
When asked to associate a cat with the Middle East, the first thing that comes to mind, in most cases, is probably the Persian. Others may think of the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bast or the importance of cats in ancient Egyptian society where ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Middle Eastern Royalty - Middle Eastern Culture
Popular literature; particularly, but not exclusively, Harlequin / Mills & Boon romances; abound with stories of Arab and Middle Eastern crown princes or other royal rulers, but what is the reality? In fact, according to the alt.talk.royalty FAQ, ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Jordan, Wadi Rum
Jordan, Wadi Rum [... more]
$79.00
Great Big Canvas |
Pete Jordan
Pete Jordan chronicled his adventures as a dishwasher on NPR's This American Life and in his underground zine Dishwasher, which amassed a following of nearly 10,000 readers. He moved to Amsterdam with his wife in 2002 and began a new life as a ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
River Jordan
River Jordan is a storyteller of the southern variety and spent ten years as a playwright with the Loblolly Theatre group. She now teaches and speaks on "The Power of Story" around the country. She is currently completing a new work of fiction . [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Fertile Crescent - Middle Eastern Culture
The fertile crescent is a crescent shaped area of land in the Middle East that is good for farming and grazing. The descriptive term came from the fertile imagination of James Henry Breasted, a University of Chicago professor who popularized the ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Ancient Jordan from the Air
May Make Your Planned Visit to Jordan Unnecessary: If you're playing a game of word associations and say "Jordan" and "archaeology" to most people, the snap answer will come: "Petra". Beyond that, Jordan archaeologically is [... more]
$68.00
Amazon.com |
The Making of Jordan: Tribes, Colonialism and the Modern ...
Book Description: Drawing on previously untapped sources, Yoav Alon examines how the disparate clan networks of Jordan were integrated into the Hashemite monarchy, with the help of the British colonial administrators. Looking at the growth of key state [... more]
$80.95
Amazon.com |
How to Find Luxury Hotels in Jordan
Due in part to the decades of pragmatic leadership under the now deceased King Hussein, Jordan enjoys an uncommon reputation of peace among notoriously restless neighbors--Israel to the west and Iraq to the east. Despite Jordan's friendly people ... [... more]
eHow |
In a Desert Land: Photographs of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan
A nice pictorial account of the beauty of the desert: There are a very few books about the natural heritage of the desert lands of Egypt, Jordan and Israel. This book attempts to capture visuals of the desert areas in the three countries with basic [... more]
$49.95
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