The tale of the reluctant expat

I was a reluctant expat. I did not want to leave London, which in itself is kind of ironic as I didn’t want to move…

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The Seven Stages of the Expat Life Cycle

A year in Qatar and I’d say we’re just about settled into our expat life here.  The boys are both at school or nursery, we’re…

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The Ritz Carlton Iftar Spectacular; the best way to break your Ramadan Fast in Qatar

Before I moved to the Middle East I had the vaguest sense of what Ramadan was, a slight understanding of Eid and that was about…

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10 signs that you’re raising an expat kid in the Middle East

Living as an expat was never something that crossed my mind when I was younger.  In fact you could even say that I didn’t want…

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An open letter to my expat kid

To my boys, Expat life, it’s all you’ve ever known, the ultimate expat kids.  From the biggest being 6 months old when we first left…

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