by Deborah Quinn | Dec 6, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Books, expat, Feminism, reading, UAE, writing
It’s been a big week out here in the ‘Dhabs, I have to say, starting with the Rain Day two weeks ago. What is this “rain day,” you ask? Well, my dears, that’s when the serene desert skies bust open and it pours, like a veritable...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 8, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, expat, Kids, UAE
Last week the UAE celebrated its forty-first birthday. My children point out with great glee that I am older than the country. Why they think that’s so funny, I’m not sure, but they find it to be a laugh riot. Last year was the big four-oh for the...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 2, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE
It’s National Day on Sunday and the city ablaze with celebratory lights, streamers, and of course, decorated cars. We’ll go walking on the Corniche on Sunday to watch the festivities, spray silly string, and watch the jets fly in formation with colored...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 30, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, NaBloPoMo, UAE
We had plans with another family today to go out to Saadiyat Island , which is about fifteen minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi, but feels worlds away: big empty beach, no tall buildings, very few people. I woke up this morning to this: I’ve seen the iPhone iOracle...
by Deborah Quinn | Dec 2, 2011 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Discoveries, environment, expat, street notes, UAE
Today, December 2, is the 40th anniversary of the founding of the United Arab Emirates. Before this historic union, the various tribes (each of whom would come to govern an emirate) were busy trying to kill each other, take each others’ camels, pearls, and...
