Author Archives: princessofjumeirah

When I moved to America for university, I thought to myself, there is no way I’m going to get culture shock. I was raised ‘western arab.’ Mom and dad went to school in America, I was raised wearing shorts and watching Disney channel. More importantly, I was raised in Dubai, the America town of theContinue reading “Shocked.”

As an Arab living in the west, I have been asked some peculiar fucking questions. Some personal faves being; “do you go to school on a camel”, “does your father control you”, “do you have a gold plated car?.” But let me tell you what my TRUE favorite is. Like this is really one I’mContinue reading “How Do You Speak Such Good English?”