Ramadan in Qatar – it’s an interesting time to be living in or visiting Qatar, especially as a non-Muslim. Learn do’s and don’ts for living in or visiting Doha during Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. During this time, Muslims around the world fast from dawn to dusk for a…
Although I’ve been living in London for two years, the city only really began to feel like home when I moved into number 53. I’d been house jumping for the previous year – living with family, friends and randoms. Each time, I couldn’t help but feel that I was encroaching on someone else’s personal space….
For the last few mornings, I have woken to the indignant clucking of my mother’s chickens. My bedroom at home is adjacent to their coop and they are creatures who rise with the sun. If they have not been released into their enclosure by at least seven in the morning, they have no qualms in…