What's Where In The Middle East? Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen,

What's where? Here's an overview of the Middle East, with the flags and capitals, and UAE. Individual countries will be dealt with later.

Arms	Flag	State	Area (km²)	Population (2012)	Density (per km²)	Capital	Nominal GDP, bn (2018)[23]	Per capita (2018)[24]	Currency	Government	Official languages
		Akrotiri and Dhekelia	254	15,700	N/A	Episkopi	N/A	N/A	Euro	De facto stratocratic dependency under a constitutional monarchy	English
		Bahrain	780	1,234,596	1,582.8	Manama	$30.355	$25,851	Bahraini dinar	Absolute monarchy	Arabic
		Cyprus	9,250	1,088,503	117	Nicosia	$24.492	$28,340	Euro	Presidential republic	Greek, Turkish
		Egypt	1,010,407	82,798,000	90	Cairo	$249.559	$2,573	Egyptian pound	Presidential republic	Arabic
		Iran	1,648,195	78,868,711	45	Tehran	$452.275	$5,491	Iranian rial	Islamic republic	Persian
		Iraq	438,317	33,635,000	73.5	Baghdad	$226.07	$5,930	Iraqi dinar	Parliamentary republic	Arabic, Kurdish
		Israel	20,770	7,653,600	365.3	Jerusalema	$369.843	$41,644	Israeli shekel	Parliamentary republic	Hebrew
		Jordan	92,300	6,318,677	68.4	Amman	$42.371	$4,278	Jordanian dinar	Constitutional monarchy	Arabic
		Kuwait	17,820	3,566,437	167.5	Kuwait City	$141.05	$30,839	Kuwaiti dinar	Constitutional monarchy	Arabic
		Lebanon	10,452	4,228,000	404	Beirut	$56.409	$9,257	Lebanese pound	Parliamentary republic	Arabic
		Oman	212,460	2,694,094	9.2	Muscat	$82.243	$19,302	Omani rial	Absolute monarchy	Arabic
		Palestine	6,220	4,260,636	667	Ramallaha	n/a	n/a	Israeli shekel, Jordanian dinar	Semi-presidential republic	Arabic
		Qatar	11,437	1,696,563	123.2	Doha	$192.45	$70,780	Qatari riyal	Absolute monarchy	Arabic
		Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	27,136,977	12	Riyadh	$782.483	$23,566	Saudi riyal	Absolute monarchy	Arabic
		Syria	185,180	23,695,000	118.3	Damascus	n/a	n/a	Syrian pound	Presidential republic	Arabic
		Turkey	783,562	73,722,988	94.1	Ankara	$766.428	$9,346	Turkish lira	Presidential republic	Turkish
		United Arab Emirates	82,880	8,264,070	97	Abu Dhabi	$424.635	$40,711	UAE dirham	Federal Absolute monarchy	Arabic
		Yemen	527,970	23,580,000	44.7	Sana'ab Aden (provisional)	$26.914	$872	Yemeni rial	Provisional presidential republic	Arabic

a. ^ ^ Jerusalem is the proclaimed capital of Israel, which is disputed and the actual location of the Knesset, Israeli Supreme Court, and other governmental institutions of Israel. Ramallah is the actual location of the government of Palestine, whereas the proclaimed capital of Palestine is East Jerusalem, which is disputed.

COUNTRIES
Afghanistan


Bahrain
A series of islands, of which the largest is Bahrain island, connected to Saudi Arabia by a series of bridges and causeways.



Wind tower, Bahrain.                     Flamingoes, Bahrain.

Dubai
Egypt

Ethiopia
Is this country in the Middle East or Africa? Hard to tell. I would have said Africa. It is in East Africa, a Christian country, and the capital is Addis Ababa.


Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Pakistan
Qatar





Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Syria

Turkey

UAE

• 1 Abu Dhabi The nation's capital, filled with major museums and monuments.
• 2 Dubai The financial capital and commerce center and largest city of the UAE.
• 3 Sharjah The nation's cultural hub famous for its Arabic and Islamic architecture.
• 4 Ajman The smallest emirate, one of the quiet destinations with a relaxed atmosphere.
• 5 Umm Al Quwain A peninsular town extending into the gulf with multiple beach resorts.
• 6 Ras Al Khaimah   An adventure hub of the Middle East, with the highest mountain in UAE and many thrill activities.
• 7 Fujairah – Popular tourist and stay-cation destination on the gulf of Oman. Nicknamed as The Bride of the Eastern Coast.

Others

Yemen

Glossary
Al Jazeera

Not to be confused with Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera English
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview UK	Channel 235
Freeview (New Zealand)	Channel 16
More in later post.

Al Jazeera English (AJE) is the Qatari pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, headquartered in Doha, Qatar. It is the first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East.^[1] Instead of being run centrally, news management rotates between broadcasting centres in Doha and London.

Cities
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates
Jerusalem, Israel
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Medina, Saudi Arabia

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bahrain

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WHERE TO SEE SPECTACULAR RISING TIDES: The Miraculous Exodus Route, Red Sea Crossing, & Mt. Sinai! A Biblical V...

MOSES & THE BIBLE ROUTE
I was expecting something quite different, a causeway. The video starts by saying that the area east of Cairo, only 20 miles from the city, is shallow water, therefore does not fit the account in Exodus of the deep.

UNDERWATER DISCOVERIES
I was very interested in the coral encrusted remains of what might have been chariot wheels.

However, he does not given an explanation of how the refugees got across the water, or why the water returned.

TSUNAMI?
I was looking at horrific depiction of the tower of water, thinking, that looks like tsunami. Then it struck me - before a tsunami, the water retreats.

So maybe, if the story is a true event, and a tsunami is sufficiently big and horrific to have been recorded in a document or embroidered into a myths - then the fleeing refugees got across the water which retreated.

We have something similar, very treacherous, up in the north of England. Chinese people gathering shellfish died in the waters when the tide came in.

Another similar, predicable wall of water in England is the Severn Bore.

ITALY AND PLINY & POMPEII
In Italy, we have a detailed account during Roman times, less than a century after Jesus, of the earthquake at Vesuvius, described by the head of the navy, Pliny the elder, the deaths at Pompeii, and the water drowning people. Pliny seems to have suffered a heart attack whilst sailing to rescue people on the opposite shore of the Bay of Naples. All recorded by his nephew, Pliny the younger.

So we have rising water predictable in the UK, anticipated in Italy.

What about Flash floods? Yes, they are known worldwide.

As for flooding, rising rivers and seas, that is well-known in the UK, the USA, parts of India, many places.

I'd still be more inclined to believe the Discovery programme. I must look and see what they say about the parting of the waters.

EGYPT & SAUDI ARABIA
Whether you believe in the parting of the waters, or that it took place in either Egypt East of Cairo, or modern day Saudi Arabia, I was very interested to see the carving of the branched candlestick - was it a hanukiah with eight branches or a menorah with seven? I was also impressed by the drawings on the walls of the calf and calves - nothing so unusual - walls worldwide show cows and horses.

All in all, fascinating, showing Saudi Arabia, a country I suspect I shall never be able to visit, legally and safely, given current politics in the Middle East and the World.

So I am very grateful to the makers of this programme for showing me the maps and the protected sites. I must say I am glad that the authorities have protected the sites from robbers or religious fanatics who might think that the sites would attract and give credence to their rivals. Great to have the sites protected for future archaeologists, historians, and future generations of citizens of that country and the world.

ISRAEL
If you want to investigate biblical history from the point of view of the Jews and Christians and Muslims you could visit Israel.

UK
In the UK I have stopped to try to see the Severn Bore. You can find plques abut it at various lookout points. It gets as high as 43 feet! Surfers apparently enjoy the Severn Bore, which can be seen more than 150 times a year.

CANADA
The three highest tidal rises are the Severn Bore on the Severn river in the UK, the Bay of Fundy in Canada, about which I have written in other posts. and a third location in Canada.

Websites
CANADA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy
EGYPT
The Ten Plagues Of Egypt (documentary). 'Did a volcanic eruption turn the Nile red?'
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6848444/
ISRAEL
www.gov.il/en/Departments/ministry_of_tourism
Israel_By_Mouth_Foot_or_Private_Tour-Jerusalem_Jerusalem_District.html
ITALY
visititaly.com
Pompeii and Vesuvius
https://www.getyourguide.com/  pompeii
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g293983-d2693894-Reviews-
UK
visitbritain.com
visitengland.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severn_bore

Author
Angela Lansbury