America to Arabia

[...] not a lot of men change their babies diapers if the wife/mom is around to do it, he had the baby room to himself. After the call to prayer and Iftar begins, many people go to the malls and the hours [...]

[...] as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar this month. Between November to January, I was in the UAE, Sri Lanka, Maldives (Stop over), United States, Turkey, and Greece. Yes, my freshly issued passport is [...]

[...] the non-Muslims and separate from the rest of the food not to taint it. At a hotel buffet in  Sri Lanka catering to Muslims during the Eid holiday, the pork was served at the far end of the buffet [...]

[...] because you had withdrawal, You know every family has at least one SUV, You buy gem stones in Sri Lanka and get jewelry made in the Gold Souk, You follow Sheikh ‘Mo’ on Twitter, Facebook, and his [...]

[...] for a swig of water and a bite or two of an apple. We finish with a trip to Carrefour, the grocery store, in the mall.  Ironically, we are all buying food but we can't eat it publically and Muslims [...]

[...] before in my life. Oh, and I almost forgot, I am living in Dubai right now. When I go to the grocery store, I have fun because my food represents the UN. They tell you 3 things: the name of the food, [...]

[...] to. One time my nanny hadn't buckled Rex up in the backseat as I was about to back out of a grocery store, an expat British lady came up to me in my car and scolded me saying something like 'you [...]

[...] side by side on a top floor of Dubai Mall which makes it very nice to price shop and compare items. In the US, this would  probably be [...]

[...] every toy I could find and Burak searched for his electric power toys. The next day we went to Dubai Mall and had to get some things from our list.  We again got hungry and bought food to go from a  [...]

[...] Life here in Dubai is pretty good. I have my villa, a car, a live-in nanny, and now a yard full of green grass.  We have friends from lots of countries. Rex has a lot of [...]

[...]  language according to my records. Then I went down my list of daily interaction. My live-in nanny is from the Philippines and speaks Tagalog and English. When she speaks Tagalog on the [...]

[...] won't spoil and have them all in your car. Then make sure to have a GPS system, compass, a mobile/cell phone and hopefully one with internet in case you need it. Then also buy a few recently printed [...]

[...] the belief that safety is in God's hands. In some parts of the US, you can't drive and use a mobile/cell phone at the same time. A big one in Texas recently has been no texting or using phones around [...]

[...] the UAE or just Sharjah, I can't remember. They have limited fostering laws so only Emirati citizens can foster children but they are considering opening that up to other residents.   [...]

[...] , water, and electricity. All three are subsidized in the UAE and for water and electricity, Emirati citizens pay next to nothing for it. Gasoline in the UAE is subsidized. In Dubai, I have a huge [...]