When I first came to Bahrain in 1985 my girlfriend explained it should infact be called, 'Placcy Bag Country'. Every single item bou...

I'm writing (and updating) this post in response to various blog posts and questions in which there seems to be some confusion between t...

Right now from the sidelines in Bahrain we're watching the unfolding of a story in Saudi Arabia that has it all, soap opera-wise. Troubl...

The last post in the, 'How to Read and Write Arabic' series looked at the lettter Ayn, a letter which has no equivalent sound in Eng...

No matter where I sit, or what's going on, this is the big question I'm always asked, "How do you cope with Arab men?" ...

Today I was a student and the person I spent the entire day with, my co-student, was a sista; a gen-u-ine  flaps-down, ninja turtle, sista. ...

Appologies to anyone who finds nudity an issue, but this is too good to hide away in the cupboard; a Kuwaitia gets more than she bargins for...

This follows on from yesterday's post about women in the workplace. "GO MUNEERA GO!"

Today in class I had a student walk out on me.  I was teaching 'Report Writing' for a group of management trainees, nothing strange/...

Getting rid of devils through dance:

One of my favourite stories about the heat happened whilst we were in Jordan: We were having breakfast in our hotel restaurant when a litt...

The last few posts in the, 'How to Read and Write Arabic' series have looked at some difficult letters for non-native Arabic speaker...