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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
I read this a few years ago but particularly enjoyed it as I was lucky enough to spend a few years in the Gulf myself & feel it gives "a peep behind the veil" of old Arabia which I loved. The true story is the account of an English woman who becomes the host mother to an Arabic boy studying in the UK. She is hosted back by him and gets to meet his family & experience their way of life in a way few expats do.
I had this book but lent it & never got it back, would like to get it another copy.
I had this book but lent it & never got it back, would like to get it another copy.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Wallahi, the Emirates really was like this. Reading this book made me nostalgic for the UAE, and a bit regretful that I didn't make more of an effort to meld into that place. I want to bring the Emirati's hospitality, grace, and immunity to being rushed with me into the new year.
Another one I couldn't finish. I read 100+ pages, but could go no further. This book had such potential, but I found the author's tone to be privileged and condescending, and her encounters with the arab family too monotonous. There was such depth of observation that could have been tapped, but it read like a list of what was worn, what was eaten, what was said, with very little personal growth or insight alluded to.