1 of 7 BBC News Online reader Adam Ramadan sent in this picture of Palestinian children - Hussein and friends - in Rashidiye refugee camp in Lebanon.
2 of 7 The spectacular decorated domes of Khan Assad Pasha in Damascus, Syria, can be seen in Bassem Bitar's picture.
3 of 7 Also in the Syrian capital, Tauseef H Mehrali snapped this image of the Syeda Zaynab shrine - portraits of Ayatollahs Khamenei and Khomeini are covered by curtains during prayers.
4 of 7 US resident Ben Troutman snapped the hustle and bustle of the souk in Fez, Morocco.
5 of 7 Sally Sami sent this image of young girls from a poverty-stricken village in rural Egypt.
6 of 7 By contrast, Stephanie Tate took this image of a sumptuous traditional house in Cairo, Egypt.
7 of 7 Abdullah from Saudi Arabia sent in this picture of stone-cut rock tombs in Madain Saleh, carved by the same Nabatean peoples who inhabited Petra, 500km to the north.