I just got back from Paris, I went for Paris Photo 2011 and a plethora of photography exhibitions happening across the city. I love Paris in November, no tourists, crisp autumn weather, perfect weather for hot chocolate and sitting alone in cafes watching the world pass by. I will try Read More →
I have got to admire this kind of chutzpah in a place like the UAE, where I cannot recall seeing the word for vajayjay in print in all my 3.5 years. Read More →
For hundreds of years people have been reading books, from handwritten accounts all the way through to the modern printed novel. The printed book has become part of our lifestyle, part of societies around the world, and influenced millions of people. But is this all about the end? The Advent of the eBook-reader Read More →
This December marks a dear occasion to all of us here in the UAE. The nation’s 40th National Day is on the 2nd of December. Celebrations around the UAE has already begun, and you’ll notice that Emiratesque is already in a celebratory mode with the new UAE flag colors’ logo Read More →
This is the cover art for Olives - A Violent Romance, my first published novel. It’s quite a high-res file so you can click on it and get it nice and big if you like. It’s by Naeema Zarif, a lady whose work has long enthralled me. Naeema is responsible for the iconography of GeekFest, her work Read More →
This is the cover art for Olives - A Violent Romance, my first published novel. It’s quite a high-res file so you can click on it and get it nice and big if you like. It’s by Naeema Zarif, a lady whose work has long enthralled me. Naeema is responsible for the iconography of GeekFest, her work Read More →
So if you’ve caught the television promos for Michael Bolton’s show at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai next week, and you are not from North America, you may have thought to yourself “why is he wearing a pirate costume and singing about Johnny Depp”? (And people are: I overheard Read More →
I took this photo at my favourite Chinese restaurant in Abu Dhabi, Red Castle, the other night. It’s in Abu Dhabi’s Chinatown, which is admittedly very little, in the middle of the block between the Madinat Zayed Centre on Muroor and HSBC on Airport. (I recommend the salt-and-pepper shrimp.) I Read More →
With the holiday season fast approaching, travelers starts considering which airline employees are happiest before jetting off to their next destination. CareerBliss, an online career community, assessed more than 1,000 independent employee reviews points, and came up with its Top 10 list: CareerBliss’ Read More →
Image via WikipediaA writer friend of mine, a rather posh one, once cheered me up on the topic of literary agents. “Don’t worry, Alexander,” he said. “Literary agents are like eunuchs in the Ottoman court. They know it’s done, they see it done all around them, but they’re damned if they can Read More →
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