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My memories from the Middle East | |
on Dec 15, 2011
We were on our way back to our station when we noticed a commotion at the other side of the highway, immediately as the people noticed us they came waving and yelling towards us. Fhad then slowly parked the ambulance near them. There we saw a woman...
on Dec 10, 2010
It was my last duty before my first annual vacation, I was excited to end the day so I can finish packing my bags and fly home My team Fahd the driver, Tariq an EMT and me (nurse) played “keram” the whole morning until after their noon prayers wh...
on Apr 12, 2009 in: life, middle east
Flogging in PakistanI first met Ed in the agency that sent us to Saudi Arabia. He was seated beside me in my initial flight to the Middle East.The first year in the hospital was fine. Ed worked with ease until a letter from his girlfriend informed hi...
on Mar 29, 2009 in: bedouins, life, middle east, food
As I arrive for work, I was surprised to find all the teams present in the ambulance station. Following the familiar greetings I was told that there will be “good food for lunch”.After their noon prayer, a bonfire was lit and carpets were laid ci...
on Mar 29, 2009 in: life, middle east
It was on my early months in the Middle East when I first heard the phrase “ya kareb beitak”, a term casually delivered by some Arabs. Curious to learn, I asked an Egyptian doctor what it meant. He laughed at my asking and said “ya kareb beitak...
on Mar 27, 2009 in: bedouins, life, middle east
The unusual noise of bedouins stirred the generally uncomplicated ER. There a man decorated with fragrant leaves brought with him his four wives and a daughter.Demanding that he need a doctor for his teenaged daughter, my Egyptian friend and I led th...
