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Caution! Over Head Work
Abu Dhabi is a dusty city, not surprising given its location on the Arabian Peninsula. It’s also a city with a penchant for building glass towers. Winter sandstorms, summer humidity, and year-round...
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June Solstice
As I write in the waning hours of June 20, we are still 3 hours from the June solstice, which (according to the Seasons Calculator at timeanddate.com) is due to take place locally at 3:08 GST on June...
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New York Skyline
Up in the sky above Manhattan on the evening of 22 July 2012. Literally. Returning to New York for our summer visit, we were greeted by an absolutely perfect (and unseasonably cool) summer evening.
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Africa Journal (I) – The Norfolk
One of the wonderful things about living in Abu Dhabi is its relatively proximity to places that are pretty remote if you’re living in New York. We’ve been lucky enough to do quite a bit of traveling...
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Wildlife Near Where We Slept
At the Serena Lodge in Amboseli, Kenya, there were monkeys with bright turquoise balls roaming around … At the Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp in the Masai Mara, Kenya, there were warthogs nosing around...
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Africa Journal (II) – Amboseli
On our second day in Africa, we went to Wilson Airport in Nairobi to catch a Safarilink propeller plane to Amboseli National Park, where we stayed at the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge. Amboseli is 2...
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Petra, Day 1
I first encountered “Petra” as a college student, when I read Melville’s short story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener.” The story’s narrator makes reference to it when he goes to his law offices one weekend...
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Quixotic
Definition: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action (from Merriam-Webster). Example: trying to...
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The Sultan and Me
Among some of my faculty colleagues in New York, NYU Abu Dhabi and the recreation of NYU as a Global Network University remain controversial, if not downright undesirable, projects. Some of my...
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Around the World, Thirty Years Ago
Thirty years ago today, I embarked a trip around the world. My parents had given me the plane ticket as a present after my college graduation, and I had saved money for expenses out of prize money...
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