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How do you capture a monsoon?
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CNN’s Inside the Middle East team climbed the hills of southern Oman to try and capture a local weather phenomenon: a monsoon in the desert.
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A monsoon that transforms Arabia’s deserts
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Find out how the Arabian desert near Salalah in Oman becomes one of the greenest places in the Middle East.
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Ice Hockey in the UAE?
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CNN’s Jon Jensen meets the Ice Hockey team living and growing up in one of the hottest places on the planet.
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Comedian breaks down barriers
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CNN’s Jon Jensen meets Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian-American comedian who inspires young disabled children in the West Bank.
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Obese Emiratis turn to surgery
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CNN Inside the Middle East meets Ahmed Al Shamsi, one of many Emiratis who have shed weight after bariatric surgery.
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Kuwaitis: The world’s fattest people?
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Kuwait’s love affair with fast food has become a health disaster for its population.
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Kuwait’s desert: From burning war zone to blooming nature reserve
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Can Kuwait restore its desert? CNN Inside the Middle East visits Sabah Al-Ahmed Reserve which experienced one of the biggest environmental disasters of all time.
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Faith vs. performance at the Olympics
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Ramadan proves challenging for Muslim athletes and weightlifter Khadija Mohammad is torn about fasting during the games. Produced by Jon Jensen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; first aired on CNN International on August 2, 2012.
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Sailing for social change
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Oman recently welcomed its first professional female sailors, achieving skills in strength, leadership and endurance.
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Jordan’s female boxers fight hijab ban
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In Amman, Jordan, one female boxer refuses to step into the ring – unless she can fight wearing her headscarf.
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Forget cappuccino, Dubai drinkers get a taste for camel-ccino
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For centuries, Bedouins relied on camels for transportation. Today, camel milk has become a big commercial opportunity.
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Saudi comedians with a digital message
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Saudi Arabian comedians are using YouTube and social media to poke fun at social issues.