Good Bye…

“Then I remembered Yasmina’s remark that travel is not about fun but about learning, about crossing boundaries and mastering the fear of strangers, about making the effort to understand other cultures and thereby empowering yourself. Travel helps you to figure out who you are and how your own culture controls you.” – Fatema Mernissi, from Scheherazade Goes West.

Cairo was good to me, as always. Syria made me think long and hard. Qatar was luxurious.

All three of these places, in their own way, have made me appreciate where I come from, the people in my life and the opportunities I have come across.

Now, as I sit on the plane, on my way to Dubai, mildly reflecting on the past month, I have to say that this trip has been an incredible journey. I was able to explore new parts of the Middle East that I never thought I would be able to see, while improving my journalism skills and of course, picking up life lessons along the way.

After Dubai, I will be at home for a week before embarking on my second dialogue to Geneva for the United Nations program. I cannot wait to see Europe, as well as visit my family in London afterwards. This summer has been and is still non-stop moving. I love it. It’s part of my modern-day nomad concept. I don’t know if I will keep up with the blogging, but then again, who knows?

Until then, good-bye Word Press. Thank you for being the online outlet of my feelings/itinerary during this dialogue of civilizations through the Middle East.

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