Bulging with festivity
Written for Read, the metro magazine just after 2013 thwacked us in the head....
Getting kneady at the Rayana Spa.
Note: This article was written for Bespoke, and has been edited. Not sure how I...
A little bit of Breguet in my life…
Written for Shawati. Image gratuitously nicked off Google. There are times when...
Throwing away the rulebook
This was written for Read about a month back. Forgot to upload it. Life gets in...
Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2011: Short dreams
Short films have always had their place in the history of film. In particular,...
Remembering Naujib Mahfouz at ADFF
Naujib Mahfouz, Egypt’s celebrated novelist and master short story writer...
The name won’t be Khan
The column was written for the Express Tribune, and was published October: 9th....
Watching people watching you
This was written for Read, the Dubai Metro newspaper. Picture courtesy...
London is not Cairo, and Cameron not Mubarak
Published in the Express Tribune on August 19th 2011 here. I had promised myself...
Obama: The King’s Speech of May 19th
(Image from the Guardian, originally the AP) It was akin to watching a train...
Contemporary arts in the Arab World: A Virtual Majlis
Here's a rather long treatise (it really is a treatise) on contemporary arts in...
Wael Ghonim: A reluctant revolutionary
This article appeared in Gulf News' 4Men Magazine, and can be found here. His...
Dubai, sex, and rampant generalisations
An interestingly divisive article on Dubai’s penchant for jailing kissing...
Kraft-ing an event: Inspirational or Inconsequential?
Kraft - Spread the Inspiration was meant to be a celebration of extraordinary...
A tale of two amendments – what the 18th amendment means for Pakistan
For want of time, and the desire to explore new mediums, I am experimenting with...
Racial profiling in airports: not a simple case of black & white – Global Comment Jan 30th 2010
This article can be found at...
Wailing over Veiling: Written for the Huffington Post July25th 09
A brief discussion on veiling, and the human rights issues either permitting it...