Fa\’ar al qarya wa fa\’ar al madinah The city mouse and the village mouse. These were the first words of Arabic I studied, back in April of 2005 where this story begins. It begins then because that was when I moved to Dubai, from the serene city of Muscat, Oman. Along with the numerous difficultiesContinue reading “Master of all Nations, Citizen of None: The Life of a Gulf NRI”
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A Walk For A Lifetime In Manchester
There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold And she’s buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for I started blogging my Mancunian saga in 2012 after one of my rebellious strolls down OxfordContinue reading “A Walk For A Lifetime In Manchester”
