by Deborah Quinn | Nov 12, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, expat, NaBloPoMo, religion, street notes, UAE
Just at the afternoon adhan today, I was out walking in the neighborhood near my office, searching for candy a nutritious snack to carry me through four hours of back-to-back meetings. I am struck always, in Abu Dhabi, by the juxtaposition of glassy office towers...
by Deborah Quinn | Sep 28, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE
Today I found the plant souk: a long row of seemingly indistinguishable shops selling–yep, plants. Caleb and I explored, walking past booths crowded with greenery and men saying “yasmeen, madam? frangipani very nice, madam, you want? inside and outside...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 8, 2013 | street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE, Uncategorized
Buildings, old and new:
by Deborah Quinn | May 6, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, street notes
This dapper fellow was at the cross-walk with me the other day. His hair was perfect.
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 10, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot
In the neighborhood around my apartment, there aren’t any parks, so the neighborhood kids play cricket wherever they can find a space. The boy missed the ball. If I knew anything at all about cricket, I would be able to explain to you the significance of this...
