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• eating my words (in 140 characters or less)

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 02:45 in blogging, communication, language, poetry

  Some time ago I wondered, why Twitter? Well, I have relented and signed up. (Yes, I am officially a late adopter.) Initially it was to keep in touch with certain friends around the world, but now I ha...

• what will globalisation do to languages?

  Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 06:50 in communication, english, language

  A piece on the Freakonomics blog of the New York Times asks some 'wise people' whether globalisation will result in the hegemony of English, an ever-interesting debate. Here are some excerpts from the...

• ma fee english, baba...

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 13:44 in arabic, bahrain, communication, economics, english, gulf, translation

• a week of bizarre conversations

  Posted on Thursday March 6th, 2008 at 13:52 in communication, hotels, Ignorance, teaching

• my non-instant life

  Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 at 04:19 in communication, distraction

• the problem with english!

  Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 06:41 in arabic, communication, english, language, teaching

• the problem with arabic?

  Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 at 13:49 in arabic, communication, english, films, language, translation

• the true meaning of blogging

  Posted on Sunday December 16th, 2007 at 12:51 in communication

• fikr 6: the philanthropic entrepreneur

  Posted on Thursday December 6th, 2007 at 11:48 in activism, communication, fikr, iran

• la dolce vita

  Posted on Tuesday November 6th, 2007 at 06:10 in britain, communication, films, italy

• stepmother tongues

  Posted on Wednesday October 31st, 2007 at 15:48 in arabic, bahrain, bulgaria, communication, empire, english, freedom, language, saudi arabia, translation

• 'if you’re british, then how can i understand you?'

  Posted on Thursday September 20th, 2007 at 09:49 in arabic, communication, english, language

  It’s oft-repeated that adults are unable, or forget, to view the world with the wonder and interest of children. When I first lived in Bahrain, six years ago, one of my neighbours in the housing com...

• the vegetable call

  Posted on Tuesday August 28th, 2007 at 08:47 in communication

  My father was a great one for chatting on the phone, whether to family or friends. One thing he used to do was ring up and announce, 'Just making a vegetable call!' I don't know if he came up with the...

• dream 116

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 08:04 in communication, egypt, honesty

  I went to congratulate an old friend on his appointment as minister, but contrary to my expectation, I was met with absolute apathy as I awaited the rendezvous in vain. It began to dawn on me that som...