This is the beginning of my third year living in Qatar, and for the past few I have been debating: blog? no blog? I have erred on the side of caution and kept off the blogospheres, especially in light of recent actions taken against a range of people – professionals, students, and homebodies alike – for content posted on their blogs. This, in addition to the fact that I am a guest in someone else’s country, has kept me cautious. 

But now I wonder if that is actually the right decision. 

After all, am I not adult enough to realize this goes out to the entire world and is in fact, not my private diary? 

So here goes: a public forum about a non-Muslim, non-Arab, non-Arabic speaker living in the Middle East.

Live from Doha! It’s daily life in the desert…….
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Mohana Rajakumar

Mohana has a PhD from the University of Florida with a focus on gender and postcolonial theory. She is the creator and co-editor of five books in the Qatar Narratives series, as well as the Qatari Voices anthology which features essays by Qataris on modern life in Doha (Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2010). Mohana has published several ebooks and academic titles. Check out her Amazon.com author page

    

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