by Deborah Quinn | Apr 23, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Feminism, pop culture, shopping, UAE, What's It Like?
So I was at the mall. I’m at the mall because “everything” is at the mall: grocery stores, bookstores (or at least stores that sell book-related products), the Walgreens-equivalent stores. These malls are vast echoey spaces designed to entertain:...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 1, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, lost in translation, street notes, UAE
and yet the abayas in the window were embroidered, sequined, spangled–not dismal at all.
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 29, 2010 | Feminism, Gender, NYC, Travel
Here’s where you get your abaya when you visit Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque: No, there are no shoes available here, just black full-length robes for all female visitors not already wearing a robe, and white full-length robes for male visitors wearing shorts. And...
