Sarah Palin Has Nothing On Yemen

I read a brief Associated Press interview recently that Sarah Palin’s unwanted biographer has completed his research. During his six months in ‎town, Sarah and her husband had installed a hastily-constructed fence to shield her ‎neighbors from viewing her home in Alaska. While her home improvement is probably a sight in the wide open spaces of Alaska, it’s nothing to what ‎a friend calls the Yemeni house abaya. ‎

Take a quick look at the house abaya of Yemen.

Eid Shopping Bags!

Just found wonderful bags for the last day of Ramadan (or Eid shopping) but the one below is perfect for BIA. I just love the caption. Oh and the bald eagle bag to the left says "See the World". I'm doing it!

       Happy Eid to all!

Bag Text: Live Foxy Sugar! Where's My Couture?

Just Like Home? Desert, Tribes, and Pickup Trucks

In my travels, I met a Yemeni petroleum engineer who had studied in the U.S. He had lived and studied in Tulsa. I don’t know much about Oklahoma as I haven’t been to that state yet. I did add that I have a friend of a friend whose father moved out there to work at the state university. The ‘father-of-a-friend-of-a-friend’ comment was apparently sufficient encouragement for him to keep talking about Oklahoma.


The Yemeni engineer loved his time in Oklahoma. Finally, I asked him why. His response: “It was just like home.” I hope I didn’t look too surprised and I tried to ask him casually how Oklahoma was just like Yemen, an Arab country that seems to be in the news a lot lately! He responded, “Well both have desert areas, tribes, pick-up trucks, and guns.” He felt the only difference was that Yemeni pickup trucks didn’t have gun racks. Uh, ok?!

View of the desert sea shore from the pick-up