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 | Jan 19, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Kids, Politics, ranting
So today, in the United States, it’s Gun Appreciation Day. Yep, that’s right folks. I hope you got a card for your gun, maybe one of those nice bouquets they have down at the Stop-n-Shop? My gun is partial to those big orange Gerbera daisies, but maybe...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 3, 2013 | Kids, NYC, Politics, pop culture, ranting
I saw this ad on the side of a bus last week: No one looked twice at the bus and you know, why would we? It’s as if we’re immune to the daily onslaught of violent imagery, the splatterfest of “franchise movies” and video games, the endless...
