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Jailed, Flogged and Deported

Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 23:09 in life, Middle East

Flogging in PakistanI first met Ed in the agency that sent us to Saudi Arabia. He was seated beside me in my initial flight to the Middle East.Our first year in the hospital was fine. We worked ...
Charcoaled Bird

Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 23:47 in life, food, Middle East, bedouins

As I arrived for work, I was surprised to find all the teams present in the ambulance station. Following the familiar greetings I was told that there will be “good food for lunch”.After their noon prayer, a bonfire was lit and carpets were laid c...
Wrecked Homes

Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 22:24 in life, Middle East

It was on my early months in the Middle East when I first heard the phrase“ya kareb beitak”, a term casually delivered by some Arabs. Curious to learn, I asked an Egyptian doctor what it meant. He laughed at my asking and said “ya kareb beitak�...
“Romeo” in the Heart of a Bedouin Girl

Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 21:43 in life, Middle East, bedouins

The unusual noise of bedouins stirred the generally uncomplicated ER. There a man decorated with fragrant leaves brought with him his four wives and a daughter.Demanding that he need a doctor for his teenaged daughter, my Egyptian friend and I led th...

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