Alan, who writes a wonderful blog, just tagged me, which apparently means I must write the following.

10 things I like about living here, in no particular order:

The students

The Persian Gulf

Meeting cool muslim girls

Meeting cute Indian guys

The lack of coldness

My job

The small but growing art scene in Dubai

Cheap, great Indian food

Rocks on strings

The dunes, the palm trees, the camels…

Things I don’t like about living here:

The maniacs on the road

The lack of good customer service

The camel jockey problem

Other labor issues

The lack of English subtitles on Bollywood films

The lack of nutritional labels on local and French food

The extra care one must take when teaching students about the Italian Renaissance, so as not to show them any nudity

Taxi drivers with body-odor and physical boundary standards which are different from my own

Expats who find it uncool that I like my job