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Multi-lingual writers across the Middle East

Qualifications in Arabic and Turkish, as well as French, Spanish and Italian, have led Tristan and Kathryn on travel writing commissions to Middle East nations including Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Oman and Iran. 

 

They used to live in Istanbul where they wrote the Rough Guide, National Geographic and Time Out guides to the city. Recently published travel writing stories from Georgia, Dubai, Turkey, Morocco and Azerbaijan are below. 

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World's 50 Best

World's 50 Best

Eating up Izmir on Turkey's Aegean Coast

AramcoWorld

AramcoWorld

Jute: Bangladesh's golden fibre

AramcoWorld

AramcoWorld

Egypt's electronic music revolution

World's 50 Best

World's 50 Best

Bodrum: World's 50 best food guide

Food + Travel

Food + Travel

Eating in Izmir

Sunday Times Trave

Sunday Times Trave

Georgia on my mind

Sunday Times Travel

Sunday Times Travel

Total Dubai

Telegraph

Telegraph

Morocco's new Marrakech Express

Etihad Atlas

Etihad Atlas

Baku's oil baron palaces

Delicious

Delicious

Eating Georgia, from toe to tail

South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post

Georgia's cradle of viticulture

AramcoWorld

AramcoWorld

Cinema city in the Moroccan Sahara

easyjet

easyjet

Yves Saint-Laurent in Marrakech

Etihad Aspire

Etihad Aspire

Inside Yves Saint-Laurent's secret garden

easyJet

easyJet

Marrakech's 21st century steambaths

Jazeera

Jazeera

Boho on the Golden Horn

Sunday Times Travel

Sunday Times Travel

Istanbul Insider's Weekend

Jazeera

Jazeera

Istanbul's hammam revival

Jazeera

Jazeera

The female football fans of Istanbul

Brownbook

Brownbook

Dracunculus vulgaris, Anatolia's erotic lilly

The Guardian

The Guardian

Top 10 Istanbul sights

Sunday Times, June 2015

Sunday Times, June 2015

Lazy weekend in Istanbul

The Guardian, June 2015

The Guardian, June 2015

Top 10 hotels in Istanbul

Jazeera, May 2015

Jazeera, May 2015

Istanbul, fashion capital of the East

Brownbook, February 2015

Brownbook, February 2015

Architectural study of the Pakistan Embassy in Ankara

Royal Jordanian, March 2015

Royal Jordanian, March 2015

Istanbul Fashion Week

South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post

A history of Ottoman cuisine

Selvedge

Selvedge

The Anatolian textile trail

Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook

A taste of the Turkish Riviera

JetAway

JetAway

Top Ten Turkish Beaches

Korean Air

Korean Air

Empires of the Anatolian East

Independent

Independent

Istanbul's hamams scrub up well

Jazeera

Jazeera

Istanbul on film

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways

Istanbul: my favourite street

Condé Nast

Condé Nast

Istanbul's hip hammams

Jazeera

Jazeera

Arzu Tekir: the woman unjamming Istanbul

Etihad

Etihad

Solving Turkey's traffic problems

Condé Nast

Condé Nast

Hipster hangout: Alaçati

The Times

The Times

Alaçati: Turkey's answer to St Tropez

Brownbook

Brownbook

Anatolian shaving ceremonies

easyJet

easyJet

Slow Food comes to Turkey

The Guardian

The Guardian

Top 10 family-friendly apartments and villas in Turkey

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways

Cosmopolitan Istanbul: A century apart

The Guardian

The Guardian

Top 10 family-friendly hotels in Turkey

The Times

The Times

The secret beaches of Turkey

Brownbook

Brownbook

Trans Asia Express to Lake Van

Wizz Air

Wizz Air

Insider's Istanbul

Brownbook

Brownbook

Han Tumertekin: Istanbul's man of the moment

Brownbook

Brownbook

Inside Istanbul's Silahtaraga Power Station

Korean Air

Korean Air

Istanbul's fishy tales

Jetway

Jetway

Turkey's other side of paraside

easyJet

easyJet

The five stars of Istanbul

Gulf Life

Gulf Life

Ara Guler, the Eye of Istanbul

Sunday Times

Sunday Times

The way to Oman's heart

Brownbook

Brownbook

Besiktas Fish Market redesign

easyJet

easyJet

Art beat on the Bosphorus

Sunday Times

Sunday Times

Istanbul four ways in four days

Brownbook

Brownbook

Banané: Art incubators of Istanbul

Real Travel

Real Travel

Learning to sail on Turkey's Aegean Coast

The Guardian

The Guardian

Free diving in Turkey

Brownbook

Brownbook

Istanbul's contemporary mosque architecture

Independent

Independent

Bozcaada, the Greek island without the Euro

The Guardian

The Guardian

Great Eastern Lines to Turkey's Anatolian interior

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