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An eSIM for the Middle East is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from local partner networks in each country. Your phone connects to the next one as you cross a border.
This plan does not include a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, use a virtual number.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Middle East eSIM for the Gulf, the Levant, and North Africa
5GBahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE are on every plan here. Past those five, each list goes its own way: to Iraq, to Turkey and the Caucasus, or to Egypt and the Maghreb.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for the Middle East: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
One plan for the countries on its list
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on at your first stop
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive. After that it connects in each country on its list.
What to know about the Middle East eSIM
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Local networks in each country
The plan connects to partner networks in every country it covers. Where a country has more than one, your phone can use any of them.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
Middle East eSIM: three lists that share the Gulf
Beside each fixed plan the picker prints its country count. All three lists include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); what each adds is different:
- 6 countries: the five plus Iraq. 1 GB for 7 days, 3, 5, or 10 GB for 30 days, and the day pass. Traffic exits in the UK. The 10 GB plan is the only one on this page without 5G.
- 11 countries: the five plus Oman, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. 1 GB for 7 days, or 3 or 5 GB for 30 days.
- 12 countries: the five plus Oman, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. The most sizes: 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, and 3 to 20 GB for 30 days.
The 11- and 12-country plans exit in the UK or Norway. Every plan here can be topped up with data and counts its days from the first connection.
The day pass stays in the Gulf and Iraq
The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets. It runs on the narrowest list, the 6-country one, so Oman, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, and Egypt aren't on it. In the UAE it can use Etisalat or Du, where the wider plans list Etisalat alone.
A stopover week in Dubai, Doha, and Riyadh fits the day pass. Add Muscat, Petra, or Istanbul and you need one of the wider fixed plans.
Match your route to a list
- Jordan and Israel: 11 or 12 countries. In Israel both lists use Partner, Hot Mobile, Pelephone, and PHI Networks, all marked 5G.
- Cairo or Sinai with Jordan: the 12-country plans only, on Orange or Etisalat in Egypt.
- Istanbul and Dubai: 11 or 12 countries, on Turkcell in Turkey.
- Baku or Yerevan with the Gulf: the 11-country plans only; the 12-country list drops Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- Baghdad or Erbil: the 6-country plans and the day pass, on Korek or Asia Cell. No other multi-country plan we sell lists Iraq.
Middle East eSIM questions
Is the Middle East day pass unlimited?
It doesn't cut you off, but only 1 GB a day runs at full speed; after that you're at 512 Kbps until the day resets. It also skips Oman, which the 11- and 12-country plans cover on Omantel.
Which Middle East plan covers Egypt?
The 12-country plans, from 1 GB for 7 days to 20 GB for 30 days. Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia are also on the Africa eSIM plans, and the Egypt eSIM page sells plans for Egypt alone.
Which IP address will websites see?
A UK one on the day pass and the 6-country plans, and a UK or Norwegian one on the 11- and 12-country plans. If you need an Israeli IP, the Israel eSIM plans exit in Israel.
Is a Middle East plan worth it for Dubai alone?
Only if another country follows. For the UAE on its own, compare the UAE eSIM plans.
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Pick the Middle East list for your route
Find the country that's hardest to fit, such as Oman, Egypt, or Iraq, choose a list that has it, then choose days and data.