Monday, June 05, 2017

So . . . Things Have Gotten a Little Tense in Qatar

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Woke up today to the news that UAE, Bahrain, Saudi and Egypt were cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar, blocking their airports, ports and bor...
Friday, June 02, 2017

Ramadan 2017 - 'Tis the Season for Eating

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On Thursday I received a flurry of invitations to various events, so many that I even had to turn a couple down due to conflicts in scheduli...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Ramadan 2017 - the Ramadan Cannon

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Today I went to the Grand Mosque of Qatar, the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque . Beautiful place, I've never been inside as no...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Ramadan 2017 - Working While Fasting

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So it's now been three days, and two of them workdays. I think the hardest part of fasting is over as I've settled into a routine. N...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Ramadan 2017 - First Iftar

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So here is what I hope will be my standard iftar for the month of Ramadan: Vegetable soup, dates, handful of nuts and olives, a small b...

Ramadan Kareem everyone!

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So Ramadan was announced last night, as expected. I was at a friend's majlis at the time so with the announcement people were changing...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Ramadan 2017 -- time to prepare

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So Ramadan is just around the corner. Man, time flies. It will likely be called on Friday night so fasting begins Saturday, with a smaller c...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Canada gear

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I was out shopping at a department store today and just happened to see a display of caps (I like caps). I found this: A Canada cap at a ...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The Al Hazm

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For those of you who don't live in Qatar, take a look at these pictures and guess what this is: A museum? Katara expansion? New nei...
Monday, May 08, 2017

Wedding Season

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With Ramadan approaching, as well as the heat of the summer, everyone is busy getting their weddings out of the way. Someone can correct me...
Monday, May 01, 2017

Impala

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One of the nice things about living in the Middle East is that it is close to so many other places. India, Europe, Africa are all "rela...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Doha Festival City Mall (and by the way I'm back from vacation)

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Wow, it's been 6 weeks or so since I last posted. I was in Canada on my annual vacation so that was 3+ weeks, then I got pretty busy whe...