By Steve Furay

Nasr Shenawi owns a farm on the outskirts of Cairo, a small but valuable plot of land where he raises his cows and grows a variety of crops, including corn, dates and squash.

His farm is located alongside a canal where water flows from the Marutia River,...

By Riham El-Houshi and Rachel Heaton

Fathy Ibrahim is returning to Egypt.

For 13 years he was a schoolteacher in the oil-rich Arab state of Qatar, but his contract was not renewed this summer. When school ends, he and his family will return to Cairo.

Ibrahim left a lot...

By Gregory White

Stretching out from the Qatari coast, the way into The Pearl, a luxury community being built on a man-made island, seems more runway than road.

Haute couture brands like Gucci, Hermes, and Versace welcome the visitor into a community where a two bedroom, sea-view apartment costs $907,000,...

By Clifford Cheney

"My name is Philippe Bogaert. I am a hostage in Qatar. This is my Twitter SOS."

Belgian national Philippe Bogaert has posted this message to the social networking site regularly since May. Bogaert alleges that he has been held hostage since last October in exchange for the...

By Jennifer Cupp and Hind Al-Sulaiti

Muneera Al-Bu'anin is growing up in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar and Ahmed Tedawy lives right outside historical Cairo, but both students share many similar school experiences -- including a curriculum that instructs them how to think, analyze and study in English.

By Anna Koulouris and Karim Gohary

In old Cairo's Al Darb Al Ahmar district, the minarets of several historic mosques reach out from the modern grunge surrounding them. They are timeworn but elegant, with windows and walls adorned with carved wood and dome ceilings tiled with colorful mosaics.

People...

By Christopher Rosacker

The church where Greek Orthodox Ft. Makarios Makarios will hold services in the Arabian Gulf state of Qatar hasn't been built yet. Right now, it is a construction site just poking out of the sand, just a mile south of the Qatari capital of Doha.

Arriving there...