As the Monty Python crew used to say, “And now for something completely different!” Let’s escape to the deserts of […]
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Street Art in Oman?!!
Imagine my surprise when one of my Omani students told me that the walls of his entire village had been […]
Labor in the Arabian Gulf–Part 3
The future of the citizen workforce As teachers charged with preparing young adults to become productive members of their society, […]
Video–90 Seconds of Migrant Labor in the Gulf
IMAGINE… You’re recruited to live and work in a foreign country You work from sun up to sundown 6 […]
Labor in the Arabian Gulf–Part 2
But, things are SO cheap here! The Gulf was one of the few places I’ve lived where many of my […]
Labor in the Arabian Gulf-Part 1
Here, as in many of my posts, I’ll be walking along a precipitous slope while making cultural comparisons based on […]
Concepts of Ownership
A few days ago, I noticed an ‘invitation’ from one of my USA-based frequent flyer programs, nestled among the dozens […]
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, […]
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