The desert of the Middle East is something like the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahua deserts of the American southwest - only without the trees and shrubs and grass.
(The desert of the Middle East; is; something like the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahua deserts of the American southwest - only without the trees and shrubs and grass)
The desert of the Middle East
is
something like the Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahua deserts of the American southwest - only without the trees and shrubs and grass