47 - Tunceli, Turkey

SE of the Munzur Silsilesi mountains.

Tunceli (Zazaki: Dêrsım, is a province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The province was named Dersim until 1936 (Dersim meaning 'silver door' in Kurdish), and some still call the region by this name. The province's population is predominantly Zaza. Its adjacent provinces are Erzincan to the north and west, Elazığ to the south, and Bingöl to the east. The province covers an area of 7,774 km² and has a population of 76,401. It has the lowest population density of any province in Turkey, just 9.8 inhabitants/km². Tunceli is the only Turkish province with an Alevi majority.
The name of the provincial capital, Kalan, was then officially changed to match with the province's name. Tunceli is known for its old buildings (though mainly destroyed by Hamidiye Alays in the late 19th century and Turkish army in 1936-37 military operations against the last remaining Armenians and Alevi Derebeys-local rulers), and impressive scenery, especially along the Munzur Nehri

36 - Salihli, Turkey

In W Anatolia.

35 - Regba, Israel

N of Akko.

34 - Qal'at Salih, Iraq

On the Tigris S of Al 'Amarah

86 - Faiyûm, Egypt

District on the Nile containing the below-sea-level Birket Qârûn. I'm guessing this system of dikes and pools is some sort of salt-making scheme ...

85 - El Minya, Egypt

150mi. upstream from Cairo. The Codex Tchacos, including the recently famous Gospel of Judas, was found by a "treasure-hunter" near El-Minya in the 1970s.

44 - Qias, Iran

In the upper NW tip of the country, 20mi. from the Armenian border. Nothing to do with the site, but a "qias" image search turned out that particular string of letters in the Amazon.com url for this:

37 - Jeghir, Iran

40mi. S of Tabriz.

In between lies this nice volcano:


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35 - Hadera, Israel

Halfway between Haifa and Tel Aviv. Wiki:

Hadera was founded in 1891, at the dawn of modern Zionism by Eastern European immigrants who were members of the Zionist group Hovevei Zion on land purchased by Yehoshua Hankin, who was known as the Redeemer of the Valley. The land was purchased from Christian effendi Selim Khuri. The purchase of the land was the largest so far in Palestine by Zionist groups, although was of low quality, with most of it being swampland. Before its purchase, the land had hardly any residents apart from a few families belonging to small tribes who were mainly shepherds raising water buffaloes and selling reeds. The town derives its name from the Arabic word khadra, meaning "green" in reference to the wild weeds which covered the marshes on which the town is built.[1] The initial settlers lived in a house known as the Khan which is next to the main synagogue of the city.

34 - Gaziantep, Turkey

60mi N of Aleppo.

Here's a slideshow. With music!

33 - Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia

In the Red Sea, just N of the Yemeni border.

Wikipedia:

The Arabian gazelle (Gazella arabica) was an elusive gazelle that was hunted to extinction in its Middle Eastern homeland, Saudi Arabia. It is only known from a single specimen collected on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea in 1825. Since the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species this species is included as extinct by its Antelope Specialist Group.

This site:

Throughout western and southern Arabia, these variable gazelles were once common and widespread. Today the total global population is estimated to be no higher than 20 000.