1) There are also reports that hunting parties are using firearms against Dorcas gazelles in the Eastern desert, again contrary to law.

2) A man takes a picture of a controversial piece of art showing a mocked-up photo of Tony Blair at an explosion in a Middle Eastern desert.

3) He points to the brightest stars and describes how to use them to navigate to the Bilma oasis in the eastern desert, where they would trade onions and garlic for salt.

4) The Nile valley the country into two parts, the Eastern Desert and the Western Desert.

5) For the past 27 years, the venerable white-bearded monk has lived at St. Anthony's Monastery, an outpost in Egypt's Eastern Desert.

6) Jordan has no municipal recycling programs, but the Amman embassy learned of a small start-up company, Entity Green, that believed there was a market for recycling in the Middle Eastern desert nation.