I went to a very stimulating conference today, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon, Qatar, focused on research students had done on the issues facing immigrants living in Doha. I will leave aside my pleasure in undergraduate research, my congratulations to their faculty advisers, or my hope for their future as purposeful academics – all of which are true and any of which I could [...]

happened this past week. Having just returned from one of the best vacations of my life – made wonderful by all the family and friends and love I felt while away – I promised to bring positivity and energy into my everyday in Qatar. After working out (another one of my life changes after a [...]

A family of six, five children, all Asian and the girls just adorable. What disturbed me was when the father places long tresses on the girls who couldn’t have been more than five years old. The dress up tresses, unlike their own shiny dark locks, were platinum blonde. The girls put on the wigs and proceeded to run around the waiting area. For some [...]

Admittedly since moving to Qatar I have been spoiled by international airlines that are doing well, not dependent on profits but government subsidies. And while I have been back to the U.S. on a number of occasion for work, and listed to NPR horror stories of travel from my desk in Doha, nothing has compared [...]