Middle East meets West: Straddling life between the United Arab Emirates and Northern California.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Muslim Christmas
For those who doubt that the United Arab Emirates is intolerant to its Christian minority, please wander the shopping malls this Christmas season- and be surprised (or not). Spot the odd picture out.
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Sentimental Version
I am from two countries.
Neither is really mine.
My body resides in a prosperous city with familiar voices,
but my heart resides in a country that now speaks a language foreign to my ears.
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The less poetic version:
Born and raised in the United Arab Emirates. Next nine months in a small town: South Hadley, MA. The three after that in Palo Alto, California. I left my heart in San Francisco, because Israeli security would never let me leave it in Palestine.
And now I am back in Abu Dhabi, the sunny (and humid) capital of the UAE. God knows where I will be next.
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