by Deborah Quinn | Jul 16, 2016 | Abu Dhabi, Politics, religion, The National, UAE
Last week I wrote an article for The National about the newly ironic question of “where do you feel safe?” That’s the second question people ask when I tell them where I live, as if Abu Dhabi is some terrifying city “over there.” But...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 5, 2016 | Abu Dhabi, health, UAE
So my front tooth broke off about a month ago. That tooth is a crown that I have had for more than a decade, and perhaps it was due for a break, but the timing was terrible. (Question: is there ever a good time to break a tooth?) The tooth–a front...
by Deborah Quinn | May 22, 2015 | Abu Dhabi, Education, NYUAD, The National, UAE
It’s graduation time all over the US and in Abu Dhabi, NYUAD students are readying themselves for the same ritual. And as students prepare to march across all manner of stages and listen to all manner of speeches, it seems appropriate to think about what we...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 27, 2015 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Feminism, Gender, NYC, Politics, The National, Travel, UAE
Hi there blogosphere…. I seem to have taken an inadvertent hiatus from blogging for a while … it’s the kind of thing like forgetting to write your grandmother: the longer you wait, the more it becomes A THING and the more it becomes A THING the...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 9, 2014 | Abu Dhabi, UAE
A few months ago, I read about a new app called Uber, which worked a bit like a taxi service, except you order an Uber car online and can track its progress to you on your smartphone. Pretty cool, I thought at the time,but something like that would never come to Abu...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 11, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, health, NYC, Politics, The National, UAE
The other day The National ran an article about various health-care reforms being suggested by the UAE government. Among those reforms are—wait for it—a proposed restriction on portion sizes for fizzy drinks. Yes. That’s right: Mayor...
