In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

She wanted to fly with the Army to North Africa, where the allies were fighting German troops in the desert.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

Huge amounts of water ran into a low area in the dry, waterless desert that had once been an ancient lake.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert, with light winds and slow moving water currents.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

And,in the summer, the temperature in the desert in Black Canyon could reach as high as forty-eight degrees Celsius.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The experts say estimates of new H.I.V.infections are down by about fifteen percent in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

He performed the one-man play called "The King of the Desert" at a small historic theater in Hollywood.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The story is about a girl whose brother is a soldier who gets killed in a desert war.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Americans know about them mainly from a history of use as pack animals in Arizona and other areas of the desert Southwest.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

He loaded the motorcycle with extra cans of fuel and water and began his trip across the desert.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Now,he is trying to help people grow trees and plants in the desert -- and save water.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

The United Nations says that 1/3 of the people south of the Sahara Desert suffer from hunger.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

He quickly learned he would have to cross almost 800 kilometers of the great Syrian Desert.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

A watercolor by the Saudi artist Fahda Bint Saud shows three women sitting in the desert.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

Carlsbad Caverns National Park contains more than one hundred caves below the surface of the desert.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

In the summer months, the terrible desert heat slowed the work but did not stop it.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

This design was influenced by the shape of a desert flower that grows in the area.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

It was here that the road ended. In front of him was the great desert.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

In "The King of the Desert" he plays members of his family and other characters.

VOA: special.2010.06.21