Posts Tagged with "India"

Many Rivers, One Sea

Sunday, November 9, 2014

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One day as I returned from lunch through our lobby, a spacious area bathed in Silicon Valley sunlight, three men wearing the blue lab smocks of engineers jumped up from their seats and tackled me with a chorus of questions. Erfan, a Syrian with a trimmed, graying beard, said, “Mariam, we were just arguing about […]

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Doha to Mashhad

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Doha to Mashhad

The wait in Doha, Qatar was a long one and there wasn’t much to do. The duty free shop was ridiculously expensive and there wasn’t anything I needed to buy. I ended up helping non-English and non-Arabic reading people by directing them to the toilets or WCs. Signs everywhere were in only those two languages. […]

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Getting Lost In Iran Begins

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Getting Lost In Iran Begins

This month I will share my experiences in Iran as I get lost in it.  I say, ‘Lost In It,’ because as an outsider I feel lost here, but I am also lost in all it has to offer – food, culture, history, and much more.

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