Like most people I have met in Jordan, he welcomes me to his country and offers his assistance. He also shakes my hand and I am grateful. “As-Salaam-Alaikum [Peace be unto you],” I say.

'We are in the eye of the storm," says Sami, the moustachioed owner of a tiny café perched on the edge of a precipitous canyon. "Israel, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia – they're all around us.

Deep in the remote deserts of southern Jordan, not far from the border with Saudi Arabia, lies Wadi Rum one of the world’s most stunning natural wonders. Nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the Middle East, ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. In the middle of southern Jordan's Wadi Rum desert, in 35-degree heat under the beating midday sun, our Bedouin guide Ali Hammad is ...

AMMAN — Insulated in the desert wilderness of southern Jordan, bedouins of Wadi Rum, 330km south of Amman, still preserve customs and traditions that benefit their harsh habitat. The bedouin way of ...

The clear desert sky filled with twinkling stars above Jordan's Wadi Rum has turned into sand lashes, lit up brightly by the headlights of the parked jeeps. Hamad, one of our hosts, was right after ...

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A trip to Wadi Rum is a must for a trip to Jordan. Located in the southern part of Jordan, it is the most famous desert and ...