BOOKS, WRITING, LIFE
This week I’m traveling with PalFest, the festival of literature that goes into Palestine to bring authors to readers who are restricted in their movements. In its fifth year, authors, and bloggers have gone into Gaza to hold workshops, fora, and other interactive activities. Stay tuned for more.
Qatar’s international profile has increased on a steep ascent in the last few years. Those of us who call Doha home grow immune to the stereotypes about the Middle East (we’re all in tents, hiding from suicide bombers, eating camels too old to ride, the women cowering against the back corner).
Called everything from the “world’s richest” to the “world’s fattest” by everyone from comics to nightly news, it’s sometimes difficult to tell which is the real Qatar, even if you’re living here.
Here’s a project I started under Creative Commons Qatar (meaning you can remix or reuse these videos if you attribute) called “Dohati” which means My Doha in Arabic.
As the capital (and where most of the population is concentrated) Doha means many things to many people.
See for yourself what those living and working here have to have to say.
We’ll release three new Dohati videos a week in the month of May, so check back in often for the latest releases.
Record your own version of what Dohati means to you and submit for consideration to be included in the project.
Or share with me as a comment, your favorite stereotypes, myths, or honest questions about life on this small but mighty Arabian Peninsula.
How do you know if you’re a good mother? The verdict isn’t just up to your kids… after all, there are the prying eyes of the general public to consider.
With American Mother’s Day around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about all things motherhood, including how hard I was on my own!
Here are some clips from my latest standup routine in which I talk about being a brown mother with a white looking baby.
