Everyday I open a book gifted to me by Mr. Ali of the Medina Olerio Hotel for inspiration and guidance. The book is The Beautiful Names of Allah. One of the 99 names is picked at random. This…
I am becoming slightly more realistic about. Saudis. As the expression goes: My feet have touched the ground: actually with a bit of a thud. If you say that someone has their feet on the…
I constantly am shaking my head in sheer wonderment. Me: Those Saudi’s know how to do things!! Alter Ego: What do you mean? Me: Absolutely everything they do. If is totally mind boggling! Entirely!!! Alter…
My life seems so improbable, but it is real. I am not imagining anything. As I write it is 4:20 September 23, which happens to be Saudi National Day. Writing was interrupted because the alarm…
Somehow I missed this. In my blurry jet lagged state of mind I suddenly saw on Instagram that I had received 399 Likes to one of my responses. That is huge, gigantic even. A black…
I am back in Riyadh, arriving at 3 in the morning, after a seven hour layover in the Hammond International Airport in Doha, Do not feel sorry for me. The First Class Lounge is the…
I do not believe in multitasking but there is no question about this – I am stupidly, supremely multitasking at this precise moment. I am sitting at the Edmonton Airport – got here early, checked…
(First Published 2023/06/22) It is excruciatingly painful to read of the death of the martyrs, so eloquently expressed in the pages of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: The Life Based on the Earliest Sources. These words must be read…
I did neglect to mention this when reporting the 2i7 Likes to my positive message of support for MBS compared to the number of negative hits (217 to 6) . One of the negative individuals…
Soon this blog shall speak of the concluding chapter of the story of my photograph. But first news of my next trip to Saudi Arabia. It has to be told through Instagram feedback because feedback…