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1128 August 2009Frankincense and camel-jumping

415 July 2009Squeezing Jaffa

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Matthew Teller - award-winning travel writer, specialising in the Middle East.
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Some recent press articles

Oman: Gold, frankincense & myrrh (The Independent)
The Red Sea: A traveller's guide (The Independent)
Abu Dhabi: Dune Roaming (The Independent)
Israel: 48 Hours in Tel Aviv (The Independent)
Middle East wildlife: Rx for Oryx (Saudi Aramco World)
Jordan: A Pilgrim's Progress (The Independent)
Syria: Foodie road to Damascus (The Observer)
Turkey: Following the Abraham Path (The Times)
Oman: In Search of Sindbad (Gulf Life)
Abu Dhabi: A Quiet Revolution (CNN Traveller)
Middle East: Walking for peace (Wanderlust: PDF 4MB)
Syria: Aleppo: Sound of the Souk (bmi Voyager)
Malta: Easy Rider on the Med (The Independent)
Switzerland: Zurich for less (British Airways High Life)
Jordan: A Vine Romance (CNN Traveller)
SEE MORE ARTICLES HERE
Recent radio

BBC Radio 4: Studio guest on 'Excess Baggage' with Sandi Toksvig, discussing Gulf travel
BBC Radio 4: Report from Jordan for 'Traveller's Tree' (RealPlayer file, about 7 mins)
A few travel links

Travel Blather Jeremy Head
Grumpy Traveller David Whitley
501 Places by Andy Jarosz
Gadling US travel blog
Strange Maps Frank Jacobs
Kim Wildman Travel blog
Michael Kerr Journalist
BOOT - Business of Online Travel Aussie blog
Alastair McKenzie's Travelling Online
Travel Rants Darren Cronian
Wanderlust UK travel magazine
GoWander.com From Wanderlust
Jordan Jubilee Jordan travel info
Nomads Travel Climbing and adventure
Grantourismo A 2010 travel blog
Travel Scribe by Gail Simmons
Part Time Travel Writer Jenny Woolf
The Irresponsible Traveller Nick Redmayne
Europe à la Carte Karen Bryan
A few Middle East links

The National UAE
Daily Star Lebanon
7iber.com Citizen journalism from Jordan
ArabianBusiness.com
The Kipp Report Dubai
Juan Cole "Informed Comment"
Istanbul Calling News from Turkey
360east.com Jordan tech blog
And Far Away Jordan blog
The Black Iris of Jordan
Arab Environment Watch
Green Prophet Israel/ME eco blog
Blogging Beirut Lebanon
Lisa Goldman Israeli blog
Israelitybites Israeli blog
Al-Bab Arab World gateway
Life in Dubai blog
Saudi Jeans blog
Bint Battuta Bahrain blog
Sultan Al-Qassemi UAE journalist
Creative Jordan Social network
Recent tweets
- @tova_s Thank you for links to Gaza tweeps... // 22 minutes ago
- RT @haaretzonline Haaretz.com will be streaming Biden's speech in Tel Aviv 11:30am local time http://bit.ly/9sM2be <Starts 20mins from now // 33 minutes ago
- RT @angelacorrias Reading a nice piece about #Yemen on #GoNOMAD http://is.gd/abV1K <<Interesting - a bit loose on facts, but evocative! // 39 minutes ago
- @BedouinTravel You're absolutely right. With your knowledge of the holy city, you should start a Mecca travel blog: would be fascinating... // 42 minutes ago
- RT @BedouinTravel Other not so great hotel names in #Mecca: ZamZam Sofitel Grand Suites & Al Safwah Royale Orchid - neither short nor sweet! // 45 minutes ago
- Video of the week: newsroom fight curtails bulletin http://is.gd/abShD // 55 minutes ago
- Congratulations to the Mecca Clock Royal Tower - the world's most awkwardly named building http://is.gd/abRvp // 59 minutes ago
- RT @JOmagazine Zaha Hadid explains her designs for STUNNING new arts centre in Amman http://bit.ly/deWdNZ (3min video w fly-throughs). Wow. // 1 hour ago
- RT @bencnn Leaving #Afghanistan today, returning to Cairo. It's been interesting <<As in "May you live in interesting times"? // 1 hour ago
- RT @gran_tourismo Why Jerez? Why we find third cities even more appealling than second cities http://bit.ly/aSHx4r <<Lovely post; so true // 1 hour ago