I recently had the chance to work with Reg Tag, a chain of value fashion and home stores spread across the Middle East and Asia. They…
The pictures that I am sharing with you today were taken in the kitchen of my previous apartment, and I have made this pulao numerous…
تَقَبَّلَ اللّهُ مِنَّ وَ مِنْكُمْ May Allah accept (the fast and worship) from you and from us. “I have always loved the desert. One sits…
“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy…
One of the several things to enjoy here in the U.A.E. during Ramadan is having Iftar −either at someone’s home (if you are visiting and…
This isn’t a small masjid, yet it is quite obvious how it could no longer contain the growing number of people who come for the…
I almost jumped off the upper deck of the shiny red tour bus we were on the moment my eyes spotted this tiny shop. The…
Zoës Kitchen is a fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Plano, Texas, United States that has grown to include more than 100 locations across 15…
You just have to meet her, specially if it’s your first time in New York. Once back home, people who learn that you have been to…
The Planning: Well, there wasn’t any. Just like our previous trip to Muscat three years ago this, too, was completely unplanned. With nothing else to do…
Sugar Land, what an interesting name! I couldn’t help imagining that the city would look like a huge candy shop. One of the most affluent…
The House of Curry is an elaborately-decorated restaurant located at The Beach – JBR. Its interiors depict an old Indian haveli. Havelis are traditional mansions deriving inspiration…
Tonight I have decided never to order pasta in a restaurant again, specially when I can easily make this delicious home-cooked sun-dried tomato fusilli! The…
We did not give up on Oman. After that disappointing experience where one of us was denied entry into the country, we tried again and…
“Thursday could be the coldest sunny day in the UAE this winter,” says The National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology, “A strong current of Shamal…
The prospect of being stuck in traffic or waiting by the open beach in the cold did not deter most of the residents and visitors…
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Comfort Inn Emirates Hotel is 3 star hotel that is conveniently located on the Muroor Road in Abu Dhabi. We purchased a 1-night stay from Cobone at…
Today was supposed to be our third visit to the neighboring country, Oman, but we were denied entrance. The picture above was taken shortly…
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“Some of the best memories are made at the breakfast table. And for more than 50 years, millions of people have made those memories at…
“Let him build a railroad to the moon!” a member of the New Hampshire Legislature suggested sarcastically, and everyone burst into hysterical laughter. The demonstration was…
Peppersass, originally named Hero, was built in 1866. Peppersass was the first mountain climbing cog railway engine in the world. It was used to build…
Sunrise at Mt. Laurel Masood and I spent a week in New Jersey, to work at our client site, one of the largest health care…
The clouds hang low in Boston; it is as if you can stretch out your arm and grab a handful of these fluffy, cotton-candy like…
Part 1 of the Harvard University Campus Tour here. The Harvard University campus is a great place to just relax with a book, take a…
Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes – Frank Lloyd Wright That wasn’t an elegant intro to one of the…
Being surrounded by lush green trees, beautiful people, and the excitement of being in a new place is what’s keeping me from blogging these days.…
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