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ليلة واحدة في دبي

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ليلة واحدة في دبي
03 October 2011

دبي هي نيويورك … وهي دلهي هي باريس… وهي القاهرة هي الرياض وبيروت دبي هي أنا، وهي أنت دبي هي كما تريد أن تراها… كما تريد أن تراها من رواية “ليلة واحدة في دبي” لهاني نقشبندي في آخر أياّم إقامتي في مدينة دبي كنت في إحدى المكتبات أبحث عن بعض الكتب لأشتريها وإذا بعيني تلمح [...]

The MRI Experience (II)

23 September 2010

WHAT the hell?! I’ve been lying on my back for 30 minutes for NOTHING! does that mean I have to take another half an hour, without moving? In this cold room? inside this awful machine? Would I be able to do it? I could hear my heart beating like crazy, I could feel my cheeks [...]

The MRI Experience (I)

21 September 2010

Did you ever have an MRI scan? (I sure hope you didn’t and you wont EVER). Is it only me, or is this thing a torture machine? My doctor recommended I have an MRI scan a while ago; as it is the case with almost all doctors here in Dubai, no matter how silly or [...]

Bubbles

19 September 2010

On his 4th Birthday I asked Adam: so what do you want to do on your big day tiger? Adam: wanna go to the aquarium. Eman: hmm, nice idea, ok get ready we’ll be leaving soon. 10 minutes later, he comes, shoes on, water bottle in hand, and a small plastic bag with something colorful [...]

And so to the beach we went.

02 August 2010

Adam and I woke up really early today. By 8:15 we were bored to death, extremely active, and we both wanted to swim. Adam made it clear that he wants to swim in the “waves” aka sea, and make a sand castle with beach sand. So I thought why not, I know sea water is [...]

If Your City Was A Song, What Would It Be?

27 July 2010

I absolutely love the lyrics -and music- of Shania Twain’s “Ka-ching”. When I moved to Dubai, and whenever I listened to it, I couldn’t help but associate its lyrics to life here in Dubai, it’s as if this song was especially created to reflect and address the materialistic lifestyle in this city; the urge to [...]

On Being Sick

25 May 2010

Burj Khalifa’s Launch

04 January 2010

It’s Winter in Dubai

13 December 2009

Celebrating UAE National Day

02 December 2009