WHAT IS CARIFESTA?

The Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts (CARIFESTA) was conceived out of an appeal from a regional gathering of artists who were at the time participating in a Writers and Artists Convention in Georgetown,

Ramadawn is two months away, so I’m trying to beat the Ramadawn prices and start my shopping in advance.

First I start out the new Riyaline (2 Riyal) store recently built opposite to the park adjacent to my apartment building. A Pakistani expatriate runs this little shop, he looks...

A friend of mine emailed me and asked “So what do kids wear in Arabia”.

I found this question to be quite ludicrous. It was as if Arabia was on a different planet, where you had to wear strange attire. I thought for a while weather I should tell her the truth or make up a “crap pot story” for...