Best of Jordan in 4 days

Home to one of the seven wonders of the world, the UNESCO world heritage site of the ancient city of Petra as featured in Hollywood’s Indiana Jones and the alien landscapes of yet another blockbuster ‘The Martian’, desert-stricken Jordan in the Middle East has so much to offer an adventure traveller. Jordan typically draws the…

Travelling as a racially ambiguous non-hijabi Muslima

So what is it really like going outside your comfort zone, to destinations where people can’t place you ethnically or religiously based on the way you look or dress or where your skin tone raises curiosity. Often asked “where are you from” meaning what is your ethnic origin, where are your parents from, how did…