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On The Road Again
I now work in Yanbu Industrial City a little over 300KM north of Jeddah, we still have not moved completely so we are not settled, and this month being Ramadan and all (a belated Ramadan Kareem (no...
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Eid in Jeddah
We are eid-ing in Jeddah, it has been a while since we did this. This would be our son’s first eid in Saudi among his extended family. As customs dictate, buying new clothes is mandatory, we bought our...
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The Schooling Dilemma
As parents of a young boy who is about to enter school soon, we find ourselves terrified at what the future might hold for our little one. After a quick survey and visits to kindergartens (involving me...
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Goodbye 2011
What a long year 2011 has been, as I try to recall all the events that happened in it, I still cannot believe it all happened in one year, the global social tectonic plates shifted violently this year,...
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Abushaklak
Abu-Shaklak, an abbreviation of a yel3an abu-shaklak (damn the likes of you) which I find myself using way to often as I drive, and since I have a child in the car I have to keep the cussing to a...
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The First Week of School
This week is the first week of school in Saudi, and a new chapter for us as a family, our young boy begins grade school. We find ourselves with mixed emotions, happy, proud, nervous, but mostly...
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Mawkib
This conversation took place while my son and I were stuck in traffic due to a mawkib… what is a mawkib? check out the conversation Son: Daddy, why are we not moving? Me: there is a mawkib. Son: what’s...
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Hasten to Glory and Supremacy
I was teaching my son the Saudi national anthem today, as I realized that he was looking at other kids during the morning session in his school with bewilderment… Understandably, we don’t really...
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The Kuffar
My son came from school a couple of weeks ago saying that the teacher and the kids told him he was wearing a shirt with the sign of “alkuffar” (the non believers). He bought that shirt from our recent...
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School Year Finished
I was talking to a few colleagues last Tuesday and they told me that the school year is over, even though there is one more week to go until finals start. When I came home on that night my son was...
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Toastmasters is in international non profit organization, with a following that is not too small in Saudi Arabia, with toastmasters clubs in all major Saudi cities and expanding to smaller ones. This...
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