Discovery

I remember the feeling I once had on 2nd or 3rd day in Pakistan.
I was traveling in a rickshaw (local transport - small decorated moving box:) for the first time, observing sand-color houses, armed guards, crowds of people, and waving flags on the sides, with wide-open eyes and wind in the head.
3 days before I [...]

Ahsant! I started to take Arabic classes.
How it happened. When I was in Lahore, I got an email from Mariam with the brochure of Arabic course. Timing was fantastically perfect: 15 days starting from 6th of June till 21st, so I decided to give it a shot.
First of all I called the teacher to find [...]

Who knew that in the country where you can hardly hear this word, it is actually everywhere around.
There is a “thick atmosphere of latent sex” as Emma Dunkan, British journalist, puts it in her book “Breaking the Curfew: Political journey through Pakistan” that I am reading these days.
“There is sex in men’s eyes as they [...]

One month left till I leave Pakistan. The closer this day is, the more I think of what I will miss in this country…
Shalwar Kameez (Pakistan national dress). They are for sure on top of the list! I have around 10 of them, and each is the only one in the whole world. When making [...]