Perhaps you may recall the blog post in which I told the story of the cab driver who was in trouble for something and how I called his agency to compliment his skills and kindness. Here’s that post. The story was picked up by Tempo Magazine here in Abu Dhabi. I’ve often wondered what the outcome was…

I work with a mysterious woman named Amna Alblooshi. She’s a graphic designer for Khalifa University and she  makes my written work look so good. I don’t know much about her other than she’s 28, single, and getting her master’s degree in Art History at the Sorbonne here in Abu Dhabi. She works all day at Khalifa,…

Who could possibly move to a virtually dry country — where alcohol is a sin (haram) — and find a way to drink themselves silly? A place where you have to skulk into a windowless nonchalant building on some side street and carry out your booze in a telling and shaming solid black plastic bag? A place where…