http://thearabexpats.com Our hearts are still, back home Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:03:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a line from a song that my memory has failed me short right now, seriously i've been trying to squeeze my brain but no use. Again, i've only been back to Amman for only a couple of short trips since i came to dubai more than a year and ... http://thearabexpats.com/2008/06/03/where-ever-i-lay-my-hat-thats-my-home/ Even in Amman. The last time I was in Jordan, Sep. '07, I walked around the streets, and went for a hookah. Only to realize that I am the expat. In my own country. Worse yet, do I still have the right to call it my country if I only ... http://thearabexpats.com/2008/04/15/i-am-an-expat-everywhere-i-go/ I feel sorry for this blog… it’s been forever since anybody touched it, it’s a shame really, this was suppose to be a great great project for us “the expats” , I don’t want it to end, I really miss everybody, 7aki Fadi , Ammar, Expated in Dubai , globalorama ... http://thearabexpats.com/2008/04/15/i-miss-you-guys/ No...this is not a riddle or some lame joke but actually a serious question and does not only apply to Arabs but to every other nationality, ethnicity, culture or race out there. The question is what is it that defines you in that awkward box that you tick on a ... http://thearabexpats.com/2008/03/07/what-makes-an-arab-an-arab/ Ok guys. I cleaned up the spider webs from this site. Keep it coming... http://thearabexpats.com/2008/02/29/blog-about-jordan-day/ Have you all noticed that all the posts written by expats on expatriatism don't know if this is even a word, are about whining thanks for the correction Qwaider ;) and missing home bla bla bla...Why are we expats if we hate it so much? because we don't hate it or at ... http://thearabexpats.com/2007/12/06/why-i-love-being-an-expat/ I got one today. but thats not the interesting part, or rather sad part. While I was getting my head groomed, I remembered getting hair cuts in Amman. I used to go sometimes to شارع سينما الحسين  or to صالون حبول/شارع كلية الشرطة  although I preferred the former. I ... http://thearabexpats.com/2007/12/02/getting-a-hair-cut/ Please ensure that your seat is in an upright position and that trays in front of you are folded. Please make sure that all carry on items are stowed away in preparation for landing. Thank you for flying with us today on Royal Jordanian As you hear these final approach words, ... http://thearabexpats.com/2007/11/15/ladies-and-gentlemen/ This call is the an expatriate worst nightmare! No matter how old you are, or how long you've been in your voluntary exile. You keep dreading a specific call. You have nightmares about it at times. And others you pray to the lord not to ever face it! Phone rings: You pick ... http://thearabexpats.com/2007/10/27/the-call-you-wish-would-never-come/ What is it that makes us unique from our neighbours, from someone who lived in our house before or after us? Is it not the way we choose to lead our lives, the way that we imprint our own personalities on our environment? And is it not true that we ... http://thearabexpats.com/2007/09/24/at-home/