Toilet habits are something that few people seem to be willing to share in a public forum. Sort of the […]
Archive for ‘Culture’
The Pursuit of Happiness
From my experience, Westerners tend to complain about their lives and openly ‘seek’ happiness far more than those living in […]
Oman Photo Stories #3: The South
When I say southern Oman, I’m referring to the governorate of Dhofar which borders on the Arabian Sea, Yemen and […]
Oman Photo Stories #2: North Central
I lived in the north central region of Oman for six of the eight years I worked as a university […]
Oman Photo Stories #1: Musandam
Over the past few years, the Sultanate of Oman, where I lived and worked from January 2008 until August 2016, […]
Expat Exodus
Some of you may have read about the Western expat phenomenon. While there’s been a great deal of recent press […]
Amazing Students of Kurdistan
The American University of Iraq-Sulaimaniyah (AUIS) was located on a temporary campus in a fairly upscale neighborhood a few miles […]
Video Short: Sulaimaniyah
The city of Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan is a mix of ancient and modern, all bound together by the strong traditions […]
Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan
June 2010: Arriving at the airport in Irbil (also spelled Arbil or Erbil), the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region […]
Cultural Comparisons
Haitham, one of my brightest communications class students, stood in front of my desk nervously fidgeting with his notebook until […]
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