Chavez loved the Middle East: Was he blind to the despotism?

Whatever one thought of Chavez, he did genuinely improve the lot of the Venezuelan working classes. He won elections and was genuinely popular for this reason.

He appears not to have been able to imagine that Khamenei, Ghaddafi and al-Assad are rather less interested in an ideal like the public welfare.

A town in Lebanon made a gathering point at the entrance of the town for foreign workers.

That way, they will have a decent space to hang and won’t be sitting on the sidewalks and roundabouts.

The Ministry of Labor has officially warned expatriates against allowing their wives who are in the Kingdom as ”housewives” to work in the private sector.

Simply said: If you live here, you play by our rules i.e. housewives don't work!

For any vintage car enthusiasts in Kuwait, there’s currently a vintage car exhibition taking place at Al Hamra Tower with around 14 classic cars on display.

So Sleepless in Amman got the chance to sit with the US Ambassador in Jordan Mr. Jones. See what he had to say about Twitter and his hesitancy to join.