In Pictures: Your Middle East

1 of 8 BBC News Online asked readers to send in their pictures of the Middle East. Aminah al-Zahir sent in this picture of a glorious sunset in Alexandria, Egypt.

2 of 8 Louisa McGauley sent in this picture of racing night at the equestrian centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

3 of 8 Marek Cejka's picture shows a young Orthodox Jewish child waiting patiently at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.

4 of 8 The spectacular ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis in Iran can be seen in this picture taken by Samira Sharezay.

5 of 8 Also in Iran, Reza Vedadi took this picture of a woman resting her donkey in Tehran's Darband mountains.

6 of 8 Hythm Rashed captured the ancient Roman three-tiered theatre at Sabratha, on the coast of Libya, in all its glory.

7 of 8 Muath Alsufy's picture shows him dwarfed by the house of Imam Yahya, ruler of Yemen in the early 20th Century, in Sanaa.

8 of 8 ... and Ayad Sabbagh sent this image of a car speeding on a seemingly endless road trip in Shoabk, Jordan.