My 3 year old has a bead stuck in her ear which she has pushed all the way down trying to get it out herself before lying to me and saying she has put nothing in her ear but thinks there “may” be something in there. Kids. Now I’m at As Salaam Hospital on Korniche [...]

There are so many protocols in Britishness. You forget that sometimes, especially if you are living in a new country with its own customs, idioms, protocols and acceptable behaviours. Every now and again you get something wrong like when I was talking about the habit of the English and having a phrase for every occasion. [...]

“No thanks”…..”No thanks”….. “La.”……. Wave of finger. Shake of head. Turn to face the floor. Pretend not to be looking. Still, a taxi pulls up in front of me and winds down the window. “No thanks” I say again. You see, the mistake I have made is that although I do not want a taxi, [...]

What would make a bunch of grown men run out of a mosque as soon as the early morning prayer had finished? I just came from there. I will tell you, but it’s one of those “you had to be there really” tales. Like any normal morning (Fajr) prayer we all lined up in a [...]