http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/africa-middleeast/Smithsonian-Travel-Africa-Feed.html en-us 2012 Smithsonian Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:44:17 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/yCfpyPqdsLg/A-Journey-to-Obamas-Kenya.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A-Journey-to-Obamas-Kenya.html The dusty village where Barack Obama’s father was raised had high hopes after his son was elected president. What has happened since then?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/yCfpyPqdsLg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:22:45 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A-Journey-to-Obamas-Kenya.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/YFjPvGL4Mys/Make-Way-for-the-African-Penguins.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Make-Way-for-the-African-Penguins.html Few places let you get as close to the raffish birds—many of which are endangered—as South Africa’s Robben Island<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/YFjPvGL4Mys" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Make-Way-for-the-African-Penguins.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/NrSJuiyaqXg/Robben-Island-A-Monument-to-Courage.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Robben-Island-A-Monument-to-Courage.html To visit the brutal prison that held Mandela is haunting, yet inspiring<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/NrSJuiyaqXg" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Robben-Island-A-Monument-to-Courage.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/TT1mJW4bIOs/Evotourism-World-Tour-Wadi-Hitan-Egypt.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/evotourism/Evotourism-World-Tour-Wadi-Hitan-Egypt.html In Egypt's Western Desert, evidence abounds that before they were the kings of the ocean, whales roamed the earth on four legs<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/TT1mJW4bIOs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:55:59 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/evotourism/Evotourism-World-Tour-Wadi-Hitan-Egypt.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/YzXBpSvlb8g/Evotourism-World-Tour-The-Cradle-of-Humankind-South-Africa.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/evotourism/Evotourism-World-Tour-The-Cradle-of-Humankind-South-Africa.html The world's greatest source of hominid fossils is among dozens of caves just hours from Johannesburg<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/YzXBpSvlb8g" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/evotourism/Evotourism-World-Tour-The-Cradle-of-Humankind-South-Africa.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/CnN5x6CD1k4/Take-in-South-Africa-From-Table-Mountain-National-Park.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/lifelists/Take-in-South-Africa-From-Table-Mountain-National-Park.html High above Cape Town, this craggy wildlife preserve provides sprawling views and thrilling hikes<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/CnN5x6CD1k4" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:39:32 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/lifelists/Take-in-South-Africa-From-Table-Mountain-National-Park.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/OF4UQHhUCDI/Ghanas-Monument-to-Sorrow-and-Survival.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Ghanas-Monument-to-Sorrow-and-Survival.html At Cape Coast Castle, visitors walk in the footsteps of African slaves<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/OF4UQHhUCDI" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 May 2011 09:38:03 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Ghanas-Monument-to-Sorrow-and-Survival.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/01prcBmQ2tY/Where-Donkeys-Deliver-Morocco.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Where-Donkeys-Deliver-Morocco.html The author returns to Fez to explore the stubborn animal's central role in the life of this desert kingdom<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/01prcBmQ2tY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Where-Donkeys-Deliver-Morocco.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/PzqABkw0CGQ/Day-1-Seeing-Kenya-from-the-Sky.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Day-1-Seeing-Kenya-from-the-Sky.html Despite many travel delays, Smithsonian Secretary Clough arrives in Kenya ready to study the African wildlife at the Mpala Ranch<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/PzqABkw0CGQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:14:42 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Day-1-Seeing-Kenya-from-the-Sky.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/Pwmu4ijIT1Q/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Famagusta-Walled-City-Cyprus.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Famagusta-Walled-City-Cyprus.html Once located in the midst of high-volume shipping lanes, a forgotten city with multiple European influences could be lost forever without an intervention<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/Pwmu4ijIT1Q" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Famagusta-Walled-City-Cyprus.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/-rTd4xrW5ZE/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Chinguetti-Mauritania.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Chinguetti-Mauritania.html The rapidly expanding Sahara Desert threatens a medieval trading center that also carries importance for Sunni Muslims<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/-rTd4xrW5ZE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Chinguetti-Mauritania.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/bVHPLNkhMnU/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Church-of-the-Nativity-Bethlehem.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Church-of-the-Nativity-Bethlehem.html The basilica believed to mark the birthplace of Jesus Christ has survived invasions, rebellions and earthquakes<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/bVHPLNkhMnU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-Church-of-the-Nativity-Bethlehem.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/DpNBpDVKd9A/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-The-City-of-Hasankeyf-Turkey.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-The-City-of-Hasankeyf-Turkey.html A new hydroelectric dam threatens the ancient city, home to thousands of human-made caves<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/DpNBpDVKd9A" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Endangered-Cultural-Treasures-The-City-of-Hasankeyf-Turkey.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/oN3t4PoPx8c/splendors.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/splendors.html A writer and photographer crisscross a nation ravaged by a quarter century of warfare to inventory its most sacred treasures<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/oN3t4PoPx8c" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 01 Feb 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/splendors.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/ZRNRGhnzFuk/Egypts_Crowning_Glory.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Egypts_Crowning_Glory.html New Kingdom customs rise triumphantly from the dead in "The Quest for Immortality," a dazzling display of treasures from the tombs of the pharaohs<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/ZRNRGhnzFuk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 01 Jul 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Egypts_Crowning_Glory.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/Vj_pkgdp7Ak/dubai.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/dubai.html The Persian Gulf kingdom has embraced openness and capitalism. Might other Mideast nations follow?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/Vj_pkgdp7Ak" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/dubai.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/4ByAdlzNYmo/pakistan.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/pakistan.html Welcome to Lahore, where an explosion of art and media is offering a vibrant alternative to the strictures of religious conservatives and is transforming one of America's most important and most ambivalent allies<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/4ByAdlzNYmo" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:29:36 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/pakistan.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~3/rZx7cW5Fohw/A_New_Day_in_Iran.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A_New_Day_in_Iran.html The regime may inflame Washington, but young Iranians say they admire, of all places, America<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smithsonianmag/travel/africa-middleeast/~4/rZx7cW5Fohw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:00:00 GMT http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A_New_Day_in_Iran.html