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Winter, 1999:
A Look at the Middle East

Following is a list of the complete contents of our winter 1999 issue, with links to excerpts. If you’d like to read the full articles, please order a copy.

Features

Abandoned in the Sahara
Left to fend for herself in Mauritania, the author finds she’s not as lonely as she’d expected to be
       by Diane Rigda

Departments

^SOJOURNERS   First-person Perspectives

^{CLOSE TO HOME}   Journeys in the U.S.A.

A Grand Adventure
       by Karin Beuerlein

        Searching for Zerzura - Desert Postcards
                 photographs and essay by Dana Smillie

^{WRONG TURNS}   Nightmare Trips

Stranded on Another Planet
A night in a Saudi Airport
       by Monique Filsnoël

^ENCOUNTERS   Profiles

An Israeli-Lebanese Fairytale
A happy ending for a renowned pair of Jewish twins who were separated by war from their beloved Lebanese nanny
       by Ayelet Tsabari

The Promise of Peace
Lonely Planet film host Justine Shapiro makes a documentary that looks at the Peace Process through the eyes of children

       by Melinda Ridgway-Tichelaar

^{READING for the ROAD}   Book Reviews

^{CREATIVE JOURNEYS}   Fiction & Poetry

Brussels Sprouts and Tahini with Molasses
       by Fatima El-Kalay

 

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