Stilettos in the Sand…...

This is old news – old as in published in the Arab News two months ago. The issue, however, is a current and ongoing problem. I caught the...

…which would probably have a name that would for certain be censored! Names which come to mind that I can’t even “print” here because they w...

The problem with cheap labor is that although it is inexpensive initially, it comes at a much heftier price later on down the road. Here in ...

No, not what you’re thinking. Not women’s breasts. TITS as in terr0rists-in-training. I am surrounded by them. Little thugs! Yeah I kno...

I want my FTV… [not quite what Dire Straits had in mind when they did I Want My MTV , but the tune has been playing over and over in my hea...

From what I understand – and I am not a Muslim – it would seem that celebrating Ramadan is similar to any other holiday where one receives ...

The blogosphere has postings of this all over. Even with the strong content warning – which should have been enough right there for me to ...

This is absurd. A poor [literally] imported TCN* worker picks Neem leaves for a sick friend who cannot afford to go to a clinic for tradit...

I watched Unfaithful and The General's Daughter on MBC 2 a couple of nights ago. The television shows and movies that air on this ch...

An Information Technology Crime Law was approved this week which will make “infringement of privacy by misusing [a] phone camera [a crime] p...

Yep. Still. Yeah, it’s been a long one. Perhaps one of these days I can get back to some semi-serious blogging. With regrets and apologies… ...

Large metropolitan newspapers list sub-categories for employment in their classified sections: Administrative, Construction, Education, Hea...

This is a first. I’m putting this day on the calendar and will celebrate it like a holiday from here on in. I guess the trick to getting Vic...

Hmmph. File this one under “my how things have changed since the olden days.” Probably most of us can recall at some point when we were yo...

Lucky is one of my favorite magazines. It is a virtual monthly smorgasbord of colored, slick glossy pages inundated with photo after photo ...

It’s cold, dreary and rainy in The Sandbox. Yes, it is! Unbelievable as it may sound. And this household has been extremely busy for the ...

It would be inappropriate to even consider asking, “Are you alright?” The answer, being blatantly apparent, is of course, “No.” Fatima, just...