Inside view to the United Arab Emirates culture, customs, traditions, art, voices and visual art
It feels as if it was yesterday but it has been 11 years since I started working in the UAE: three different organizations, three different cultures, from banking to real estate and finally the media industry. The main reason that made me move from one establishment to the next was the organizational culture and working […]
My New Article Lost souls on the Highway of life.
As an Emirati I have lost a friend or more due to road accidents. When an Emirati hears the news of his friend’s death, the first question that springs to mind is: did he die from a car accident or an illness? If the answer was a car accident then yes, you would see a […]
Privacy in the Digital Age.
Westerners might find it amusing to witness a Middle Eastern man waiting and standing outside Victoria’s Secret, the well-known lingerie outlet, for their loved ones to finish their dream shop. They would witness them rushing in and out of the shop asking their loves ones to hurry up and move on. However when they notice […]
My memories of my school days is like watching a horror movie without any lights in the room, just for the fact that we used to carry heavy loads on our back and there was no fun in our school activities. I remember when I was a child I had to carry tons of books […]
Watching the BBC news channel I came to know that Obesity is one of the major threats that is facing many nations around the world in our modern age. A disturbing fact from the World Health Organization and other health related establishments are stating that more people are dying due to obesity then hanger and […]
Seeing, hearing and reading the news of 14 years girls had been shot because she stood and wanted girls and women in her country “Pakistan” to be given more rights in obtaining education and women’s rights. I personally have high respect for her and what she stands for, although being only 14 years old, she […]
Volunteering has been and will always be part of the local identity of the United Arab Emirates culture, and it is not a new culture trend in the United Arab Emirates as some believe, if we look way back, before the Union of the 7 emirates in 1971, each members of the community across the […]
It was not long ago that I decided I want to make one of my dreams come true. The passion for having a motor bike did not come overnight. It started way back, when I used to be in my early teens in school. Although then I did not know the difference between Harley Davidson […]