Rethink the Middle East: Experience kindness, generosity and smiling faces

A view of Amman, Jordan, at night. PHOTO: MANDY TAY
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THE MIDDLE EAST - I woke up, startled by the deafening alarm bell in my hotel room.

Just hours ago, I had landed in Dubai for my new job as a trailer producer in the Middle East Broadcasting Centre, the region's premier television station.

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