The Eleven Best Tel Aviv Street Food and Snacks
The best of Tel Aviv street food, market foods, and snacks.
Eating Vegan in Tel Aviv and Israel
Why, how, and where to eat vegan in Israel. All the best foods, in a list and on a map.
Arabic Dialects Compared: Maghrebi, Egyptian, Levantine, Hejazi, Gulf, and MSA
What are the kinds of Arabic around the world? What do they sound like? What do they have in common, and how are they different?
Best Resources to Learn Levantine Arabic (Free/Paid)
The best resources for learning Levantine Arabic spoken in Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Syria. Books, apps, software and websites.
The Perfect Dead Sea 3-Day Itinerary
The Dead Sea is one of the biggest attractions in Israel and the West Bank and the place I was most looking forward to when we decided to add Israel / Palestine to our travel plans. During our time here, I discovered that this area is so much more than floating on the Dead Sea…
Guide to Living in Tel Aviv for a “Local” Life
Visiting for Eurovision? Or just for fun? Here’s a guide to living in Tel Aviv for the medium-term visitor: where to stay, how to pay for things, where to get a sim and everything else you need to know.
Israel-Palestine Politics in brief: Language, Culture, and Identity
The complicated politics of nation, cultural identity and religion in Israel, Palestine or whatever you want to call “this part of the world”.
Arabic Coffee: A Complete Guide by Coffee Nerds
An complete guide to Arabic coffee, including the definition of “Arabic coffee”, where to drink Arabic coffee in Egypt and the Middle East, how to make Arabic coffee at home, and an analysis of Arabic vs Turkish coffee. By obsessive coffee lovers.
Hebrew and Spoken Arabic — How Similar Are They?
They’re both Semitic languages… but how similar are they? After learning to speak Arabic (and decent Hebrew) I try to answer this question in an easy-to-understand way.