Wahiba Sands, Oman
I started this blog to document my year in Oman, where I will be conducting research on female poets and translating their work from Arabic into English. This is my first foray into the blogosphere, so please speak up if you see any particularly ridiculous statements.
Disclaimer: I’m required to tell you that this blog is not affiliated with the State Department or the Fulbright Program, and the views expressed here are my own.
Burlington, really? I used to live in Boston and would often go to Stowe and Smuggler’s Notch in the winter. Now living in Athaibah too. Miss skiing.
By: boxster on September 8, 2009
at 3:46 pm
Wow, small world! I do miss the snow sometimes …
By: mrevkin on September 9, 2009
at 2:15 am
Hi, I’ve been checking out your very comprehensive and cool blog. It seems that you have just moved to AlAzaiba and I wanted to welcome a fellow-American to the neighborhood. I live here in an apartment (with a kitchen) with my wife and three kids and our house-keeper. I teach in the English department at Sultan Qaboos University. My wife’s first language is Arabic, but mine is very weak. I’m sure we would be interested in your work. I have a colleague at SQU who is doing a good deal of poetry translation–although he is taking Baluchi poets into Arabic. Anyhow, if you’d like to chat, let me know. Derik Smith
By: Derik Smith on September 9, 2009
at 3:20 am