by Mariam | Apr 21, 2017 | Family Travel, Travel, Travel With Kids, Uncategorized
Let’s cut straight to the chase. Almost everyone you ask or meet will tell you that an African safari requires two things: patience to see animals and silence when you do spot them in the wild. For this reason, many people think that taking young children (less than...
by Mariam | Apr 9, 2017 | Expat Identity, Expat Life, Muslim Expat, Muslim Expat Experience, Uncategorized
“Is it possible for me to take the day off work next week? It’s for a religious holiday, it’s the Muslim equivalent of Christmas – we will be celebrating ‘Eid’. But the thing is, this holiday depends on the lunar calendar, so depending on when the moon is sighted, can...
by Mariam | Mar 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s a strange feeling getting on a plane and not knowing what to expect when you land. As expats, this is something we do all the time. Land in a new country and then fumble with a new local currency in our hands. Walk nervously into a café for a coffee meeting to...
by Mariam | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
The truth is, that I learned how to open myself up to the world at an early age. My parent’s expats adventures in the Middle East and the United States meant that as a child, I was always dreaming of or remembering faraway places. Photo albums full of picnics in...
by Mariam | Feb 8, 2017 | 3rd Culture Kids, Bilingual Kids, Dubai Blogger, Learning a foreign language, Multilingualism, Raising Global Citizens, Raising Multilingual Kids, Uncategorized
I know what you’re thinking. How could being a multilingual parent, be a hindrance in your quest to raise multilingual children? How could it be anything but beneficial? After all, you are in a unique position to understand your children’s struggles and are in the...
by Mariam | Dec 3, 2016 | 3rd Culture Kids, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Germany, Is it time to move again?, Italy, Learning a foreign language, Parenthood, Raising Multilingual Kids, Singapore, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Each time I move to a new country, I usually spend the first month (or two!) asking myself the same question: “what the @#$#$#% am I doing here?” Friendless, jobless and clueless is usually a pretty succinct description of me at the beginning of each expat stint, no...
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