Dears, So, you want to learn how things work in Abu Dhabi? Then follow these instructions, to the letter: Walk into your new job as a writer for Khalifa University on a Sunday (beginning of work week here) and meet your colleagues. You won’t remember their names because they are different from the American kind. You…

Dears, Thursday morning, I woke up with a puffy painful red right eye. Normally, one would stay home from work under these conjunctivitis circumstances. But I couldn’t as I am managing a major conference next week. The project languished under a leader gone AWOL and is in grave danger of being the worst organized event…

Dears, I am, as of today, the content coordinator for Khalifa University.  What does a content coordinator do, you may ask. I sure did. Turns out that I am in charge of the information on the website — and wherever else information about KU might appear. I share this large task and a big space…