Unique to rest of the world, Middle Eastern cuisine is actually similar from country-to-country within the region.
Using many of the same ingredients, the small changes in each country make the dishes stand out.
Fava beans are popular throughout the Middle East, but boiled in some places and eaten green in others. Coffee is thicker in Turkey and saved for special occasions in Oman. One constant for hungry travelers is a wide variety of spices and flavors in the food throughout the Middle East: