Is it safe to travel in palmas?

Is it safe for women to travel alone in Arab countries?

• Please don't answer if you have not lived or traveled in any Arab-speaking countries (in particular, the countries on the Mediterranean such as North Africa and the Middle East). I want to travel to these countries; however, it won't be leisurely travel, but travel by foot, bus, train, etc. with little money. I will be researching and working on a book. These countries are ideal for me, though I am not sure if they are safe enough to travel alone in. I am twenty-one-years-old (will be twenty-two when I start traveling) and a girl. My grandparents came to the U.S. from Lebanon, so I look Lebanese; I just don't speak Arabic. I know that you, the good people of YA, can't predict whether I'll be safe or not, but if you've been to or lived in any of these countries, then please give me your opinion. Thanks :)

• Answer:

  I don't know about Africa but I am from the Middle East so here is what I think. First off, it depends where your planning to travel to. Arab Gulf countries, Jordan, and Iran are safe for you to travel alone. You can't just travel to Saudi Arabia as a tourist. You need to be sponsored by friends or family but I don't know any specifics. If you want to travel to Israel, you have to keep in mind that most Middle Eastern countries would not allow an entry with an Israeli stamp in your passport. Isreal is not that safe anyway so I'd keep that one off the schedule.;-p