When growing up in an open Western environment so many small details and routine aspects of life are taken for granted and not given a second thought. For example, I grew up in an environment where it is typical to make eye contact. I also grew up where it would be considered rude and impolite [...]
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I’ve written a number of posts since starting this blog about housemaids. This can easily be an ongoing topic of itself. In most cases in the Kingdom, a housemaid is not a luxury but more of a necessity. The homes in KSA are considerably larger than ones in the West (North America and Europe). Then [...]
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I simply must share a recent weekend experience. I had written earlier about friends of mine who go out and weekends and search for fossils. (http://delhi4cats.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/fossils-in-the-kingdom/). This past weekend I was lucky enough to be invited along on such an outing. We drove on the Old Mecca Road towards a town called Dhurma. Once we [...]
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I wish to share with my readers that a selection of short stories I had written have been selected and published in an Anthology which is now available through www.amazon.com. While full details are provided below, I wish to advise that the stories I had written were cultural and cross-communication experiences culled from my former diplomatic [...]
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On 06 November 1990, Saudi women took to the streets of Riyadh during the first gulf war in their attempt for emancipation and to achieve additional rights. 47 Saudi women took to the streets of Riyadh protesting the laws which prohibited them from the right to drive. Sadly, in retrospect, little forward movement or progression [...]
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All too often one has an internal perception that Saudi women always remain veiled and in the background; that they do not speak out. They do not travel. Their life is to be subservient to their husband and family. The reality and truth could not be further from this. One independent, well-educated and well-traveled [...]
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I received a query by email asking me if I would simply describe a typical day for myself in KSA. I hope this post will not disappoint many for it is probably kind of boring and very routine! Due to the working hours in the Kingdom I start my day relatively early, before 0600 [...]
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Yes, Saudi women do like to swim! If a family does not have their own private swimming pool, there are public pools or estrahas one can rent which include a swimming pool on the premise. Most compounds have swimming pools and some of the apartment buildings may have a pool as well. Now in [...]
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Anyone spending time in the Kingdom will likely at some point be exposed to the scent of Oud. Oud actually comes from trees found in India, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam and elsewhere in the South Asia region. As I understand these trees will usually have some type of a fungal infection and the chips from [...]
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I know that sometimes I may have an unusual sense of humor and this is one of those occasions. I hope that as readers of my blog you’ll see this in the same humorous perspective as I do. It just so happens that my husband and I have a phone number that had [...]
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