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Saturday’s Snapshot (surat al-sabat): لقطة السبت

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I think the world would be a happier place if all small trucks were decorated like the trucks in Abu Dhabi: flowers, butterflies, sometimes hearts. It makes being almost side-swiped a little easier.

 

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Read full story · Comments { 1 } on June 15, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE, What's It Like?

Saturday’s Snapshot (surat al-sabat): لقطة السبت

Buildings, old and new:

 

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Read full story · Comments { 0 } on June 8, 2013 in street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot, UAE, Uncategorized

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This dapper fellow was at the cross-walk with me the other day.  His hair was perfect.

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Read full story · Comments { 2 } on May 6, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, street notes

Saturday’s Snapshot (surat al-sabat): لقطة السبت

In the neighborhood around my apartment, there aren’t any parks, so the neighborhood kids play cricket wherever they can find a space.

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The boy missed the ball. If I knew anything at all about cricket, I would be able to explain to you the significance of this particularly swing-and-a-miss, but I have no idea. There was much shouting and arm waving, and then the boys all redistributed themselves for the next…shot? bowl? pitch?

I don’t speak cricket.

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Read full story · Comments { 1 } on February 10, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, street notes, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot

Saturday’s Snapshot (surat al-sabat): لقطة السبت

Late afternoon fog, earlier this week, made the city a kind of dreamscape.

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Read full story · Comments { 0 } on February 2, 2013 in Abu Dhabi, surat al-sabt saturday snapshot