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Middle East

Fabled City Aqaba Episode is Now Live

by derekhenryflood • 27/03/2023

Amman-I took a break from the hilly hustle of Amman and took a service taxi (shared taxi where you split costs with strangers that only departs when its full) down to Jordan’s sole outlet to the sea, sleepy Aqaba. I…

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Middle East

Fabled City Amman Episode Is Out!

by derekhenryflood • 26/03/2023

Amman- After much delay the first part of my Jordan series is finally online with the rest hopefully being uploaded in quick succession. I lost almost my entire first week here after my phone was crushed leaving Beirut which sent…

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Lebanon

A Little Lebanon Sidon Trip

by derekhenryflood • 24/03/2023

Amman- This is a shorter than usual post about a shorter than usual video on my channel. On the way back to Beirut from Srifa last month, we made a quick stop at the Sadia sea castle. I’d always wanted…

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Lebanon

City of the Sun Lay in Ruins-Fabled City Episode 9

by derekhenryflood • 19/03/2023

Aqaba- My latest Fabled City episode takes you though both ancient and present day Baalbek in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley. Today is the area is more known as a Hezbollah stronghold and an area of illicit narcotics production. But this…

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Lebanon, Middle East

Of Men and Martyrdom: Back to South Lebanon

by derekhenryflood • 16/03/2023

Aqaba- I finished my latest Fabled City episode (above) which is a bit of a very personal mini-documentary. It is rare that I revisit specific sites from past wars. Usually you report a story a move on to the next…

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Generation-X Takes the Reins in Cyprus

by derekhenryflood • 15/03/2023

Aqaba- I have a new article out this week for Janes Intelligence Review (behind a paywall) about last month’s election of Nikos Christodoulides in Cyprus. The election marks a generational shift in [Greek] Cypriot politics as he will be the…

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