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Guidebooks
Author, Lonely Planet Pocket Marrakesh (4th & 3rd edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Turkey (15th, 14th & 13th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Discover Turkey (1st edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Egypt (12th & 11th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Discover Egypt (2nd edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Morocco (12th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Cyprus (6th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Cambodia (10th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Vietnam (13th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Europe (9th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Middle East (8th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Africa (14th & 13th edition)
Co-author, Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories (7th edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea (1st edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Morocco: Marrakech, Essaouira, Fes, Atlas (1st edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Jordan (2nd edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Lebanon (1st edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Beirut (2nd & 1st edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Syria (1st edition)
Author, Footprint Handbook, Damascus (1st edition)
Co-author, Footprint Handbook, Morocco (6th edition)
Articles
Afar - The Afar guide to Jordan
Afar - The Afar guide to Egypt
BBC - Echoes of an ancient land along Turkey's Abraham Path
BBC - A Bedouin's trail through Petra
BBC - Cappadocia's twin-peaked shadow
BBC - Africa's wildlife in the raw
BBC - Choose your own adventure in Turkey
BBC - Travelling the slow route to Petra
BBC - Red sea diving: alternatives to Sharm el-Sheikh
CNN - Jordan: 10 reasons to visit the Middle East's most easygoing country
Colours Magazine - Beirut
DOTW Magazine - The new troglodytes
Explore History Magazine - Cave Churches of Cappadocia
The Telegraph - Beirut: where to stay and what to do
Lifestyle+Travel Magazine - An ancient path of kindness
Lifestyle+Travel Magazine - A glamorous rejuvenation retreat along Turkey's Lycian coast
Lonely Planet - Tracing history across Nicosia's Green Line
Lonely Planet - A day in the life of Djemaa el-Fna
Lonely Planet- Cappadocia from the ground and from the sky
Lonely Planet - How to travel independently around Cyprus
Lonely Planet - How to plan a trek along the Abraham Path
Lonely Planet - A beginner's guide to North Cyprus
Lonely Planet - Strap yourself in: the world's most extreme roads
Lonely Planet - Visiting Halong Bay: tips to plan your trip
Lonely Planet - Beyond Halong Bay: lesser known highlights of Vietnam's northeast
Lonely Planet - In defence of the 'tourist trail'
Lonely Planet - How to choose the best value group tour
Lonely Planet - Island hopping off Cambodia's coast
Lonely Planet - Battambang: Cambodia's lesser-known city
National Geographic - Where the locals go
Oryx Magazine - 24 hours in Cairo
Perceptive Travel - Notes from a revolution
Perceptive Travel - Not the one in the bible
Perceptive Travel - Just a simple strip of cloth
Peregrine Magazine - Turn off, tune out, drop in
Peregrine Magazine - Shaman, swami, sadhu, sham
The Independent - All life and death to be found in a maze of a market in Ethiopia
The Independent - A capital cacophony in Cairo
The Independent - The kindness and spontaneity of Syrian strangers
The Independent - Bewildered on a Bedouin backroad into Petra
Wanderlust Magazine - For a sultry city stroll, go to Beirut
Travel Reference Books
Co-author on a variety of travel reference and inspiration titles including Lonely Planet's Food Lover's Guide to the World (author of Middle East chapter); Ultimate Travelist; The Food Book (author of Egypt & Ethiopia chapters); World's Best Street Food; 1000 Ultimate Adventures; Best in Travel 2011 & 2012; and Rough Guides' Make The Most of Your Time on Earth
Digital Media
Jess has authored Ethiopia, Tunisia, Istanbul, Ankara, and Fez guides for the award-winning worldtravelguide.net; Egypt and Turkey guides as a destination expert for the Directline Holiday website; Turkey, Morocco and UAE guides for Planetware.com; and contributes on Middle Eastern and North African destinations for Afar.com. From 2015 to 2017 she was the Larnaca expert for EasyJet Traveller Magazine and between 2016 and 2017 also for Marrakesh.