I was having lunch with a friend the other day and as our nearly one year old boys toddled around her house, we got to chewing the salads and also the fat of life as close friends (and it must be said, women) do. Everything from business ideas to family drama was on the table [...]
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How to Make Qatari Friends: Part Three
We’ve been discussing the relationships between Qataris and expats for a few weeks and I’ve tried to pose some new angles to lamentation: “I’ve never been inside a Qatari house.” The reasons for this are many, but in the last two weeks, we’ve touched on a few key areas. First: Expats in general do not [...]
The Year that was 2010
I love the count downs that occur during the last week of December. There are the top music videos and most embarrassing moments; celebrity shockers and sports highlights. It’s the one week every year that my inner pop culture junkie can get her fill of the year that was. Even grander are those moments which [...]
A Short History of Two across Four Houses in Five Years and now: Nanny Makes Three
We’ve lived in the Middle East for five years and not really ever cleaned our own house. Now that we have our first live-in nanny/domestic, it doesn’t seem like we ever will. First there was no need to clean much when I was single because I only used two of the five rooms in my [...]
The night before Eid, the second day of Roshashana
Eid is a conflicted time for me and this my fifth Eid Al Fitr - the end of fasting in the month of Ramadan - is no different. Everyone in any majority Muslim country can feel the population groaning as the nights get longer. The last ten days of Ramadan are the most holy and there is one night every [...]
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