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28 April 2007 ? Saturday
Yours truly had a quiet weekend. As usual, cleaned up the apartment Thursday morning ? cleaning to the music of Alissa (Lebanese) and the BeeGees ? talk about eclectic! I took Bill & Elaine Wadden out to Midas for some furniture shopping, then to the souk in Kuwait City ?… Read the rest
25 April 2007 – Wednesday
The weather here has taken an ugly turn with heavy dust in the air the past couple of days ? all very gray and breezy. The temperatures, though, rise steadily ? welcome to the desert and the Middle East.… Read the rest
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14 April 2007 ? Saturday
Well, classes are back in session and everyone seems to have benefited from the week off for Spring Break. All four of us are in the office ? me, Amna, Hana, Reham.… Read the rest
11 April 2007 ? Wednesday
It is the last day of Spring Break week here at AUK. The campus is very quiet, as one might expect. Amna and Hana are here at work with me as we do odds ?n ends to keep busy.… Read the rest
2 April 2007 ? Monday
It is just after 11 a.m. at work. I am alone. Reham has just left for the Gulf Chapter of SLA?s annual conference in Bahrain. Amna and Hana are in the USA. We were able to send them to the ACRL/Baltimore conference and now they will spend a few days at Dartmouth College, gleaning from their library colleagues there what information they can.… Read the rest
30 March 2007 – Friday
Today was one of those days that didn’t seem real… I was at the Iraq/Kuwait border today. The road to the border (Abdali is the Kuwait town) is long, straight and empty once you get past Jahra, just north of Kuwait City.… Read the rest