Stilettos in the Sand…...

We had a dinner gathering last week. The main course of the meal was roast pork – brought in across the causeway from Bahrain, of course – ...

“Honey, can you pick up a few things at the supermarket on your way home from work? We have enough milk. We just need eggs, a loaf of bread ...

Time for a well-deserved little break from The Sandbox. Actually, probably overdue for a break. I suppose if you are a “local” then long u...

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...