We're in the middle of nowhere in Thailand and ahead of us are two men shouting into a public phone.  Seriously, they would have given...

Sent to me by a Saudi male friend who thought it hillarious, one American's thoughts on some often used Arabic phrases.  There's som...

I found one of these little critters in my bath yesterday: Image taken from:  www.kabbalahzen.blogspot.com Whilst I was having a s...

I had wanted to fill the month of Ramadan with blog posts only about Ramadan and Ramadan activities.  It seemed to be one way of explaining ...

Although this subject, 'washing up' is a minute point, when I first came across it it stopped me in my tracks. How could somethi...

Photo taken from:  huffingtonpost.com Following the recent shoe-throwing incident by Iraqi journalist, Muntadar al-Zaidi, (reporter with Cai...