This year, the A-Z Challenge
is changing things – doing away with the sign-up list. I like that! - the team keep innovating
and improving the Challenge. My own take is that it’s
better to initiate the change yourself, rather than have change thrust upon
you. Much better crisis control!
With that idea, I'm
changing for my A-Z too - last year-end I chalked up 20 years of living in the MENA region, though it
didn’t feel like that. One minute we were newcomers
and the next it was two decades, how did that happen?! Terrible at tracking time!
Anyways, this feels like an excellent moment to step away from poetry, which is what my A-Z’s have been about so far. This time, something new and different. Yup, you heard that right. Nope, no rhyming, no limericks. Not even a cheep of free verse. Poetry, you're officially on notice for this A-Z!
So...I'm going to dig into my memories and experiences, come up with some regular paras and punctuation (always keeping a strict eye on the exclamation marks, of course!) And share with you the things I have seen and learnt as an outsider in my time here.
So...I'm going to dig into my memories and experiences, come up with some regular paras and punctuation (always keeping a strict eye on the exclamation marks, of course!) And share with you the things I have seen and learnt as an outsider in my time here.
To sum up...my theme for the Challenge
is....
~ Arabiana ~
All through April I'll be putting out a smorgasbord of Arab culture - art, architecture, design, films, history, music and whatever else fits the letter of the day! This will be a way to mark this personal milestone, and also thank my Arab friends and the Arablands.
Let me take you to places of formidable beauty and millennia-old histories! Of exquisite craftsmanship and amazing art and mind-boggling architecture, foot-tapping music and mesmerising dance and theatre. Of philosophy and folklore and traditions and customs at once captivating and complex, heartfelt and hospitable. Come with me on a Arabian adventure!
Let me take you to places of formidable beauty and millennia-old histories! Of exquisite craftsmanship and amazing art and mind-boggling architecture, foot-tapping music and mesmerising dance and theatre. Of philosophy and folklore and traditions and customs at once captivating and complex, heartfelt and hospitable. Come with me on a Arabian adventure!
Created by Arlee Bird @ Tossing it Out
Jeremy Hawkins @ Hollywood Nuts
Heather M. Gardner @ The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Zalka Csenge Virág @ The Multicolored Diary
John Holton @The Sound of One Hand Typing
and
Co-hosted by
Alex J. Cavanaugh @ Alex J. CavanaughJeremy Hawkins @ Hollywood Nuts
Heather M. Gardner @ The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Zalka Csenge Virág @ The Multicolored Diary
John Holton @The Sound of One Hand Typing
J Lenni Dorner @ Blog of J. Lenni Dorner
