I will be hosting a session on community organizing at the Nonprofit Technology Conference next month. The event will be a great way to learn from and collaborate with community organizers from around the world. If you’re a community organizer and are planning to be at the NTC, I hope you’ll join me in the session!… Read More »
Today we went on a bit of an adventure into the desert. It’s always fun to get out of KAUST to visit the “real” Saudi Arabia. So, we planned a trip with several cars of friends to take a short journey north to the ruins of an old Ottoman building in the desert. I’ve… Read More »
The following has been cross-posted from my entry on the NetSquared Blog: I’ve recently been involved with community building around community building via weekly #commbuild Twitter chats. This concept is a bit meta, I know, but I’ve found it to be a really great way to connect with other people in my position. Since there… Read More »
One of amazing things that is common-place in the middle east is seeing people driving like crazy people. And, I don’t mean the crazy drivers like you see in America or England. In the US or the UK, we call someone driving 15 miles/hr faster than anyone else, driving on the shoulder, or flashing their… Read More »
<<UPDATE 12/9/2012: here’s my post on 2-br detached houses>> I was recently contacted by a reader about housing and transportation at KAUST and I thought her questions would make a good topic for my next blog post. Georgina wrote: My husband and I just accepted a job with KAUST school for 2012-2013 school year. I… Read More »
When we first moved to Saudi, one of the things I was most excited about was learning Arabic. I had some friends in university with me who had taken it, and found it very rewarding. Plus, I was moving to Saudi Arabia — how could I live in a country and NOT speak the language?… Read More »
I am so proud to be working at the intersection of technology and social change. One of the organizations that has helped me further my various projects along the way is NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network. I’ve been a member since Wendy Harman got me interested in using social media on behalf of the American… Read More »
…detailing the trip I took to Dubai to get my spouse visa for Saudi. If you need to go to Dubai to get a visa for Saudi Arabia, read the first part. Skip to the second part if you want a few recommendations of things to do while in Dubai. The Visa I am one… Read More »
Ramadan is an exciting time in the Islamic calendar. It’s a time to celebrate religion, culture and family, and it is a time of peace and charity. Ramadan was not unfamiliar to us before we arrived here – we have several Muslim friends and were aware of the main religious reasons for the event as… Read More »
In the last few weeks, several people have reached out to me after reading my blog to say that they are moving to KAUST soon and that my blog posts have been helpful in their own planning. So, I thought I’d put together a few thoughts on some of my lessons learned from moving here.… Read More »