After saying I needed another account like I need exposure to Ecoli, I signed up for Pinterest. Call it peer pressure, or my mind’s need to indulge in the very visual after hours of wrestling with words, I’ve been pinning my heart away. My boards (the groupings of images I select) reflect my interests or [...]
Tag Archives: work
For Babies and Puppies — not Grown Ups
In an age where diversity is defined as relations between the races and women’s struggles are thought of being long over, I raise a hand in dispute. I constantly have to draw my own boundaries and define myself – not allowing others the permission to apply other words, particularly a word so ineffective as cuteness. [...]
Why is this an “indian” problem?
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 [...]
Who Goes to those Campus Lectures?
This was the laughing question of a friend to me over dinner, a few years ago, in a city I didn’t last more than one year in, partly because of emotional and professional isolation. “Well, I do,” I answered. Another friend was sitting with her, across from me; they shared both physical and [...]
Some Random Thoughts on Class and Gender in Doha
I’m working in my office and a student, wearing nikab, a face veil that drapes in front of the face and covers everything except a woman’s eyes, which a friend who lives here affectionately calls a ‘ninja mask.’ (in case you need a photograph: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/niqab/). A side note: many nikab clad women drive wearing these veils, despite the [...]
Follow @moha_doha on Twitter
NetworkedBlogs
Women’s Literary Cafe
Sit and Relax Weekend Blog Hop
Savory Summer 2012
The Indie Exchange
Novel Publicity Blog Tour Host
