Dears, I can’t believe it. Three months ago, I arrived in Abu Dhabi and figured that I’d never ever get used to the sight of the city or its inhabitants. Truth is, I was prepared to hate this place. Wrongy wrongy wrong wrong. I am now very very very used to the sights and sounds of Abu…

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…