The Empty Quarter is the backdrop to countless legends and fables, as well as key moments in Middle Eastern history and culture. And, rather incredibly, it's a 45 minute drive from Dubai.

The Empty Quarter of the Arabian peninsula is one of the harshest terrains on the planet. It's the second largest desert in the world, with temperatures regularly exceeding 122 degrees Fahrenheit.

In 1930, a small team of men led British explorer Bertram Thomas on what became the first recorded crossing of Rub' al Khali, or "The Empty Quarter", the largest sand desert in the world. For the ...

Saudi Aramco has discovered two new natural gas fields in the Empty Quarter region, the state news agency quoted Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as saying on Sunday.

The term Empty Quarter refers to a desolate stretch of land in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. More recently it is aptly used as a metaphor to refer to the quarter of the Muslim ...

It was at a dinner party in Addis Ababa—not a place much known for affording opportunities—that he met a representative of the Desert Locust Research Organization. Would Thesiger by chance be ...

Empty is right, and that's not a put-down. This sparse black-and-white documentary by Alain LeTourneau and Pam Minty places a stationary camera in southeas. ... Empty Quarter: Exploring Rural Oregon.