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I was driving down the coast from Salalah, towards the border with Yemen. On my left, empty beaches, on the right, typical omani houses, with their fort like appearance standing…
THE NEW WORLD ORDER HAS ARRIVED AND THE PERSIAN GULF STATES HAVE THEIR VIEW, AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS Recently I have been spending short spurts of time in QATAR, mainly…
QATAR AIRWAYS Flight from Doha to Kuala Lumpur 9 May 2017 I like it when they put this calming Quranic verse just before the planes leave the gate. I assume…
Imagine it is nearly midnight, you are sitting in the Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge at the Doha Hamad International Airport; the body is beginning to feel tired and there…
QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHTS 2 AND 3 3 MAY 2017 The check in area for First and Business Class passengers are set aside, and as I was flying First Class to…
TEN CONSECUTIVE FLIGHTS ON QATAR AIRWAYS Flight ONE Miami to Doha Flying time 13 h 45 minutes 777-300 ER attended by Randa, Cairo, Egypt Helena, Kenya, Cabin Manager I am…
The long haul flight was closing on to its destination, we had taken off from Doha at 8 35 am (1 35 am in Miami), right now the time is…
The Heat Index was 40 C ie about 104 F with high humidity that made any stroll in this historic city a challenge. As the sun began dipping down, crowds…
It as my good friend Jim Kerr who visiting me in Miami, pondered at my life and said" You are truly homeless but you are Upper Class. So this is…
The heat has been relentless,I was told, so I wanted to make the best of the early morning hours by going by to the backwaters/arabian sea confluence this morning. The…
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHILE EATING A DOSAI AT KLCC IN KUALA LUMPUR Levy-Strauss the respected name in the field of Anthropology, French, Jewish and did his field work…
One sentence from the brasilian movie, Central do Brasil, starring Fernanda Montenegro has stuck in my brain: Tenho saudades de tudo I have longings for every thing. It is quite…