Middle Eastern Culture Site
	Rachel Schaus BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor

⇒Food & Recipes
Middle Eastern foods and their relationship to culture, includes some delicious recipes

⇒Holidays & Events
Holidays and events in and concerning the middle east

⇒Holidays and Events
more resources related to Middle Eastern Holidays, Events, and Celebrations

Introduction to Middle Eastern Culture
A concise summary of common characteristics shared by the Middle Eastern countries.An introduction to how religion, business, history, and daily life are influenced by culture in the Middle East.

Business Culture Guides [offsite link]
Guides to Business Etiquette for Middle Eastern Countries and Beyond

Roses - The Middle East Connection
The rose is well known as a symbol of love in Western culture, but did you know that both the rose and the language of flowers came to the West from or via the Middle East?

Symbolism of the Crescent Moon
The crescent moon is often used as a symbol of Islam, but is it really?

Violence Against Women in the Middle East
The theme of International Women's Day 2007 was ending impunity for violence against women and girls. Violence against girls and women is epidemic in the Middle East, just as in the rest of the world.

Wedding Traditions
Wedding Traditions of the Middle East

Who was Pilate's Wife?
Antoinette May attempts to unravel the life and identity of the wife of Pontius Pilate in her novel, Pilate's Wife. In the process she takes an interesting look at women's lives and roles in Europe and the Middle East at the beginning of the first century A.D/C.E.

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