BOOKS, WRITING, LIFE
The first in my 52 films series, this is Rodelyn’s story of how she came to Qatar.
I hope to interview many more women who work as domestics here in Doha as the real life stories behind my third novel, The Dohmestics.
These women are very shy but I hope more will come forward to use this platform to tell us about their lives.
If there’s one subject that comes up at meetings, parties, weddings, dinners, amongst expats or Arabs, men or women: it’s driving in Doha. And I don’t mean conversations about only accidents or the traffic.
From the neon painted luxury vehicles to the melange of nationalities behind the wheel, getting on the road in Qatar is a cultural experience.
Here’s the trailer for my second short documentary, Doha Driving.
COP 18, the UN Climate Change conference, is drawing to a close this week in Qatar. There have been lots of discussions on what various parts of the world can do, particularly the Arab region since the conference is being hosted in Doha. Here are some images from the public protest (a very rare event in the Arabian Gulf) held over the weekend.
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