Natasha Amar is a Dubai-based travel journalist, guidebook author, blogger, and photographer. She writes about travel, culture, food, mental health, and personalities for Lonely Planet, Forbes, AFAR, Whetstone, Rough Guides, Fodors, Insider, and Marriott Traveler. A local expert for the Middle East, she’s also enjoyed hiking among ancient icebergs in Greenland, being walked by huskies in Swedish Lapland, roadtripping around Iceland, and being fed her weight in pasta in Bologna.