After three years of writing, revising and editing, this week, I’m launching my essay collection about life in the Middle East, From Dunes to Dior. I started it after moving here, and listening to person…Continue Reading
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How to Make Qatari Friends: Part Three
We’ve been discussing the relationships between Qataris and expats for a few weeks and I’ve tried to pose some new angles to lamentation: “I’ve never been inside a Qatari house.” The reasons for this are…Continue Reading
A Short History of Two across Four Houses in Five Years and now: Nanny Makes Three
We’ve lived in the Middle East for five years and not really ever cleaned our own house. Now that we have our first live-in nanny/domestic, it doesn’t seem like we ever will. First there was…Continue Reading