by Deborah Quinn | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
Mannahatta Walt Whitman – 1819-1892 I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city,Whereupon lo! upsprang the aboriginal name. Now I see what there is in a name, a word, liquid, sane, unruly, musical, self-sufficient,I see that the word of my city...
by Deborah Quinn | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, the national
When I told friends about our family’s impending move to Abu Dhabi, the first question anyone asked me is whether or not I would have to “cover”. They’d say: “Will you have to …” and then wave their hands around their heads, as if to indicate a beekeeper’s helmet or a...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, the national
The other day I was asked to talk to an American freelance reporter who was working on an article about travel tips for women visiting the Emirates. I agreed, in part because I remembered my first morning in Abu Dhabi, when I had to find a cab and get to an...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
The image of the veiled woman remains a potent symbol of the “mysterious” Middle East and the question of “do you have to cover…” is almost always the first question that anyone asks me when I tell them where I live. ...
by Deborah Quinn | Jul 6, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Blog, expat, Feminism, Politics
Yesterday in the U.S. it was the 4th of July: fireworks, parades, flags waving around, all in celebration of those unlikely rebels who picked a fight about taxes and ended up with a country. The 4th in Abu Dhabi was ….Wednesday. But thinking about...
by Deborah Quinn | May 21, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Blog, expat, family, moving, UAE
I celebrated our ninth month of living in Abu Dhabi by visiting New York. Not intentionally but as it happened, the only time I could line up doctors’ appointments, business meetings, and a flyby visit with my mother and sister in the wilds of New Jersey...
