Five More Minutes of Fame
The local newspaper interviewed me again recently—this time for a story about bloggers in the UAE. I’m not sure exactly how they picked me and my blog out of all the others published in the region. I’ll admit I even tried googling things like “UAE blog” and “Abu Dhabi blog” to see how high in […]
UAE National Day
pa·tri·ot·ism –noun 1. devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty. 2. desire to decorate one’s car in excessive fashion and make loud noises in celebration Back home in the United States, we have a whole set of traditions related to Independence Day. In Austin, where I grew up, my neighborhood hosted a […]
UAE v. Kuwait
This is the first of two soccer posts today. Exactly one month ago yesterday was the opening of NYU Abu Dhabi, as well as the occasion of a friendly soccer match between the UAE and Kuwait. I’ll talk more about this in another post, but after you’ve worked 16-hour days for two weeks straight, there’s […]