Me and My Abaya

• Rain 9 years ago The rain outside my building.It's raining today in Riyadh.  I mean really pouring.  There is even thunder and lightning.  I have never enjoyed the sound of thunder and rain as much as I do right now.Funny thing really, you don't know you are missing something so much until you are suddenly...
• Al Farabi, Once Again 9 years ago Now that the GCF was over, there was no need for me to be at the SAGIA offices.   But my boss was still worried about my return to our offices, just in case immigration wanted to pass by.  So instead of going into work Thursday morning, I went to the SAGIA offices.Amazingly, Dr. Salem was in.  I...
• Back to Al Farabi 9 years ago The next morning I went in to try to see what the hold up was on the transfer.  Of course, I knew it was the 30,000 SAR, but I thought it was worth it to play dumb.I went in and found my bald friend, who this time didn't reprimand me on my poor Arabic, but instead chided me for my long absence....
• Girls Night 9 years ago If there is one thing I've done here that I can be proud of, it would be this:  I indirectly brought some weekly joy into the lives of some Saudi Women. When I first started teaching at the institute in the evenings, my students had been studying together as a group for 6 weeks already with...
• Working from Home 9 years ago My new company had assured me that since they had given me the three letters, the had to transfer me, and that the best thing to do now was just lay low.  They would get tired of having me hang around on their visa, and eventually would want to transfer me on their own, especially to avoid paying...

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