Midterm Assessment

This past week was the seventh week of the semester and midterms for Qatar University (QU). Lots of stressed out QU students and staff members. For me, it was a busy week: my friend Bryan visited me the previous weekend—we had fun, but I didn’t get much done; I had my unannounced classroom observation on… Continue reading Midterm Assessment

My Dune Bashing Experience (Memory and Media)

Parked in the desert A colleague of mine from the Foundation Program English Department invited me yesterday to accompany him and a friend of his to go dune bashing in the desert near the southeast coast of Qatar. Dune bashing is a pretty big activity amongst the men in Qatar; however, my colleague said that… Continue reading My Dune Bashing Experience (Memory and Media)