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The '''Middle East''' is a region in '''[[Western Asia''']], [[Northern Africa]] and [[Eastern Africa]]. The following However, it has no clear boundaries, and so it might include countries are considered to be located in the '''Middle East''':from [[Southern Asia]] and [[Central Asia]], too.

* [[Image:Flag of Armenia.png|20px]] [[Armenia]]* [[Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.png|20px]] [[Azerbaijan]]* [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.png|20px]] [[Bahrain]]* [[Image:Flag of Cyprus.png|20px]] [[Cyprus]]* [[Image:Flag of Georgia.png|20px]] [[Georgia (Country)|Georgia]]* [[Image:Flag Iraq.png|20px]] [[Iraq]]* [[Image:Flag of Israel.png|20px]] [[Israel]]* [[Image:Flag of Jordan.png|20px]] [[Jordan]]* [[Image:Flag of Kuwait.png|20px]] [[Kuwait]]* [[Image:Flag of Lebanon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon]]* [[Image:Flag of Oman.png|20px]] [[Oman]]* [[Image:Flag of Qatar.png|20px]] [[Qatar]]* [[Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.png|20px]] [[Saudi Arabia]]* [[Image:Flag of Syria.png|20px]] [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]* [[ImageThe following countries are usually considered to be located in the Middle East:Flag Turkey.png|20px]] [[Turkey]]* [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates<map lat='30.png|20px]] [[United Arab Emirates]]* [[Image:Flag of Yemen06909396443887' lng='33.png|20px]] [[Yemen]]837890625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' />

=====Autonomic Islands or Regions=====* [[File:Flag Afghanistan.png|20px]] [[Afghanistan]]* [[File:Flag of Algeria.png|20px]] [[Algeria]]* [[File:Flag of Bahrain.png|20px]] [[Bahrain]]* [[File:Flag of Djibouti.png|20px]] [[Djibouti]]* [[File:Flag of Egypt.png|20px]] [[Egypt]]* [[File:Flag of Eritrea.png|20px]] [[Eritrea]]* [[File:Flag of Iran.png|20px]] [[Iran]]* [[File:Flag Iraq.png|20px]] [[Iraq]]* [[File:Flag of Israel.png|20px]] [[Israel]]* [[File:Flag of Jordan.png|20px]] [[Jordan]]* [[File:Flag of Kuwait.png|20px]] [[Kuwait]]* [[File:Flag of Lebanon.png|20px]] [[Lebanon]]* [[File:Flag of Libya.png|20px]] [[Libya]]* [[ImageFile:Flag Morocco.png|20px]] [[Morocco]]* [[File:Flag of Palestine.png|20px]] [[Palestinian Territory|Occupied Palestinian Territory]]* [[File:Flag of Oman.png|20px]] [[Oman]]* [[File:Flag of Qatar.png|20px]] [[Qatar]]* [[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.png|20px]] [[Saudi Arabia]]* [[File:Flag of Somalia.png|20px]] [[Somalia]]* [[File:Flag of Sudan.png|20px]] [[Sudan]]* [[File:Flag of Syria.png|20px]] [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]* [[File:Flag of Tunisia.png|20px]] [[Tunisia]]* [[File:Flag Turkey.png|20px]] [[Turkey]]* [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.png|20px]] [[United Arab Emirates]]* [[File:Flag of Yemen.png|20px]] [[Yemen]]

== Female ==[[User:Alex|alex]]: As the question and discussion comes up regularly, I would like to devote a couple of thoughts to the topic “Hitchhiking as female”, even though I can only give limited information regarding this as I am male and the experiences are only second hand and interpretative. I can say that the people that I, and when I was with a female companion, met during my [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/alex/20090213/just-hitching-rides-a-journey-eid-christmas journey] (and the four months I stayed in Yemen before that) brought a lot of respect into the encounter we had in Yemen. This is also what was reported from many other female moving solo in bigger cities. Further, I felt that the social pressure towards adequate behaviour in public is very high in the Middle East, meaning that people usually will not behave inappropriately when other people are around and watch or when the attention is brought on a person (thus in awkward situations taking people out of the anonymity helps!). Arguable, males in Arabic societies do have less contact with females (and the other way around) and many prejudices exist (on both sides), about Western women and Arabic societies and men which does not make the issue easier. Nevertheless, the guys I met and talked to are males like in other places and their needs and jokes are not much different. Generally, there are risks in all societies, and I think one cannot argue whether they are higher in the one or in the other (unknown) society. From my experiences and perspective there is no discussion whether females that hitchhike in the West, and came to a understanding and handling of the risks, should or should not hitchhike in the East. [[File:MiddleEast map.png|left|thumb|800px|Middle East territories]] == Links ==* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.com/2008/04/hitchhiking-guide-to-turkey-for-girls.html Hitchhiking Guide to Turkey for girls]* [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.nl/2008/08/hitching-in-middle-east.html Notes about Female Hitchhiking in the Middle East]* [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/alex/20090213/just-hitching-rides-a-journey-eid-christmas Just hitching rides: A journey from Eid to Christmas] (Hitchhiking from Yemen to Germany), abgefahren Blogs [[wikipedia:Middle East]]{{IsIn|World}} [[Category:WorldAsia]][[Category:Africa]] [[pl:Bliski Wschód]][[tr:Orta Doğu]][[zh:中东]][[nl:Midden Oosten]]