I had so many plans for today, but ended up staying in bed with a horrible headache, the kind that makes you want to rush to the hospital to have an MRI taken and insist on intravenous analgesics narcotic for relief.  Fortunately, it subsided in the...

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide. ~Honoré de Balzac Off we went to Mamzar Park (with a lovely beach) last Saturday for BBQ with some friends.  It was the second day of Eid, and since the weather has cooled down, the people of Dubai deserted...

“It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is piety from you that reaches Him. Thus we have made them (sacrificial animals) subject to you that you may magnify Allah for His Guidance to you.” Qur’an 22:37 Oh, and come over...

When Masood forwarded me an email (from the Dubai Internet City people) that said “you are cordially invited to celebrate the 38th National Day of the United Arab Emirates”, I insisted that we go and see how the locals celebrated.  Actually, the...

The report, commissioned by the British Council and conducted by the Nielsen research company, drew a picture of a deeply frustrated young generation that feels abandoned by its government and despondent about its future. An overwhelming majority of...