Articles from the author

The dirham stops with Emiratis

Despite the H1N1 warnings around this year's Haj, many of my friends and family are now getting ready to depart on a journey that will see them spiritually return very different from how they left.

Melting pot of cultures

My questions seemed to spark enthusiastic replies and the discussions that occurred were very informative

New neighbourhood is a far more real world, with real people living real lives. A writer could not ask to live anywhere else

Lessons drawn from mixed martial arts could be applied to issues as far removed as the preservation of Arabic

In addition to its literature I am equally intrigued by Japanese martial arts