mosques

by | 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...

Anomaly

by | Nov 23, 2010 | Gender, street notes, Travel

When I told people we were going to Abu Dhabi, the first question my women friends asked was “are you going to have to wear a veil all the time or anything?” The first thing my male friends said was “Wow, how long a flight is that?”  Different ways of seeing the...