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ForeignGirl: September 2013
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monday, September 30, 2013. A Journey about/along/amid Immigration. You remember prepositions, right? Those location and direction words you are supposed to, at all costs, never let dangle? Eg, "Yes, Mother, that is the mad ballah whose crib I was at. Would be more correctly expressed as "Yes, Mother, that is the mad ballah at whose crib I was. Almost all would work equally well to describe my experience with Saudi immigration. My journey about. They don't give these p...
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October | 2014 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: October 2014. October 26, 2014. Okay, kids. This is a test. I want you to think REALLY hard. When was the last time you heard any straight-faced conversation that touched on the term “women drivers”? The straight-faced part is important. Plenty of dudes will say … Continue reading →. What the Cave Man Knew. October 20, 2014. Cueva de Dona Trinidad. Follow Foreign Girl on WordPress.com. Follow Blog via Email. A Journey about/along/amid Immigration.
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March | 2015 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: March 2015. To Grandmother’s House We Go: Touring a Traditional Arabian Village. March 29, 2015. My new favorite painting: I did it myself. Well, if you want to get technical, I took the picture myself: Then ran it through the Waterlogue app. So with a liberal definition of the word “paint,” you could say I … Continue reading →. Letter from Inside Saudi Arabia: Why I Live Here. March 17, 2015. Follow Foreign Girl on WordPress.com. Follow Blog via Email.
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January | 2015 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: January 2015. Too Tender to Tease: The Case for Holding Religious Insults Back. January 18, 2015. In my last post I talked about why we should let religious insult go, rather than fight back. This week I want to flip the pancake over, and I’m going to invite my trio of grandbabies to help me: Two … Continue reading →. Too Big to Hurt: The Case for Letting Religious Insults Go. January 10, 2015. Finding Festive: Holidays in the Gulf. January 4, 2015.
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September | 2014 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: September 2014. Of Head Cases and Head Scarves. September 28, 2014. So there’s this: It’s a headscarf, commonly called the hijab here in Saudi Arabia. There are a lot of different ways to wear it, and wearing it well requires more effort than I’ve ever invested. I know, right? Pretty stunning. … Continue reading →. That Old Black Magic II: An End to Sorcery. September 21, 2014. Some Things Are Puzzles. September 14, 2014. September 7, 2014. We went on...
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Rookie Mistake, Part II: Getting It Right | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Lost in the Lingua Franca →. Rookie Mistake, Part II: Getting It Right. September 8, 2013. But there aren’t any guidebooks for Riyadh. Why would there be? Jordan and the ruins at Petra are just right there. And wild and beautiful Oman with its world class diving is right there. And Egypt and the Pyramids are just over there. 8220;) worth it. Thursday night socials are good? Yeah, this compound sure does seem great. Hope to see ya again! We still have a way to go. Arab ...
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Saudi Cheat Sheet | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Home Is Where Your Stuff Is →. July 10, 2014. When people learn I live in Saudi Arabia, the first question tends to be, “So what’s it like there? Is it really hot there? Yes, it’s hot, but not all the time. The annual weather cycle is pretty similar to Phoenix, Arizona, with half the rainfall. Summers can get over 50C / 122F. Winters are mild and sunny, with cool nights and light-sweater days. There is no requirement for men to dress a particu...
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5+5 = 10 Things to Do at Historical Diriyah | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Last Fling: A Week in Thailand. Note to Self: Top Ten Repat Reminders →. 5 5 = 10 Things to Do at Historical Diriyah. May 6, 2015. 8216;s idea for us to go together in the first place. If you don’t know who that is, just scrounge up a Saudi job and move here. Nothing to it. Right away you’ll find yourself relying on her blog pretty regularly. Plaza at Al Bujeira, historical Diriyah. Main (I presume) museum at Historical Diriyah. Museums at Historical Diriyah. Well, tec...
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May | 2015 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: May 2015. Note to Self: Top Ten Repat Reminders. May 24, 2015. A woman I knew a few years ago returned from a year of living abroad. Awesome. Great experience. Good for you. But I’m not doing myself any favors if I paper over the fact that she had instantly become INSUFFERABLE. … Continue reading →. 5 5 = 10 Things to Do at Historical Diriyah. May 6, 2015. Last Fling: A Week in Thailand. May 2, 2015. Follow Foreign Girl on WordPress.com. Join 287 othe...
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June | 2015 | Foreign Girl
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Chronicles of a curious expatriate. Monthly Archives: June 2015. Where Dude Meets Dude. June 15, 2015. I love intersections, when things coming from different directions cross each other, and the interesting things that happen to both of them when they meet each other. You know, like those couples where you can’t figure out why they’re together … Continue reading →. Follow Foreign Girl on WordPress.com. Follow Blog via Email. Dear Mom (and P.S. Abdullah): Life in a Saudi Arabian Compound.