by Mariam | Aug 10, 2016 | Child-Free Holiday, Dubai Blogger, Expat Wife, Motherhood, Parenthood, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Until the very last second, I wasn’t sure if I would go. I berated myself for making this incredulous plan to begin with. Deciding in theory to take a few kid-free days to ourselves to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary seemed like a good idea at the time. My...
by Mariam | Jul 19, 2016 | Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Germany, Italy, Learning a foreign language, Multicultural marriage, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Languages fascinate me. But from as far as I can remember, I took the ability to speak more than 1 language completely for granted. It wasn’t until I became an expat and met my husband-to-be and built a life around speaking and hearing at least 4 foreign...
by Mariam | Jun 29, 2016 | Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Italian husband, Italiana, Italy, La Dolce Vita, Multicultural marriage, Raising Multilingual Kids, The Italian Wife, Uncategorized
My Italian story starts with an Italian boy of course. Our first encounter was at a student orientation meeting in a university class, in the Southern English city of Brighton. When I asked him where he was from, he said to me with a grin “I’m Italian.” With a name...
by Mariam | Jun 11, 2016 | Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
I am happy to share that I’ve recently agreed with the popular forum Expats in Dubai- Expat Connect to write articles relating to life as an expat in the UAE. In my first article to be published, I talk about some of the reasons I feel we have hit the...
by Mariam | May 27, 2016 | Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Is it time to move again?, The 2 Year Itch, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Last month, I literally had the rug pulled from under my feet. I knew as soon as M came home. That look on his face, told me to sit down and brace myself for some bad news. “Our Dubai office is shutting down” he said, almost in disbelief himself. It was no secret that...
by Mariam | May 27, 2016 | Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Germany, Learning a foreign language, Singapore, The Expat Life, The Travel Trail, Uncategorized
I recently did a really fun interview with Global Living Magazine, based in Arizona, United States. “My Expat Story” was published on May 24th, 2016 and here is the link to the interview: My Expat Story You can also read the full interview on here....
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