{"id":156,"count":83,"description":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Middle East.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The cradle of civilization, home to the greatest deserts but also striking mountains, the oldest souqs, the most impressive Roman ruins outside of Rome and a multicultural and extremely complex society.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">These are just some characteristics of the Middle East.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And all of it located in the most turbulent region in the world.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Middle East is the ultimate destination for those interested not only in history and politics but also adventures and continuous blessings of local hospitality.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For a quick dose of inspiration, here you can see my favorite\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/best-places-visit-middle-east\/\"> places to visit in the Middle East<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\r\nAnd here you can see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/countries-middle-east-safe-travel\/\">where in the Middle East is safe to travel to<\/a><\/strong>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">So far, these are the countries I have written about.<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/category\/middle-east\/","name":"Middle East","slug":"middle-east","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=156"},{"href":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?categories=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}