Born and raised into a mixed society, segregation wasn’t something I ever banked on experiencing first hand. I had heard rumors of men and women being segregated at Mass back in the forties and fifties but things evolved in the sixties to enable men and women to mix in church and since then they’ve been…
Isolation, boredom and borderline insanity are all associated by-products of expats wives and moreover expat young mothers. Being a natural organizer and also keen to determine whether my one year old is anti-social or just naughty, I decided to start a playgroup, every Wednesday morning for mum’s and toddlers,” bring a toy and one to…
“Non-Muslim Section” the sign read. Being non-Muslim and human, I just had to take a look behind the beaded streamers at the rear of the local supermarket. Coming from the fairly stringent Muslim society of Doha, the slightly more liberal laws of Abu Dhabi were welcome. Since arrival in Abu Dhabi four weeks ago, it…
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