واجِهة root: و-ج-ه / noun / plural: واجِهات / definition: façade On Sunday, the four of us (me, husband, parents) returned from our wondrous 18-day exploration of Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, and Tashkent again. My packed itinerary didn’t allow us much (or any) rest during the trip. But isn’t there such sweetness in aContinue reading “Uzbekistan and the Nine-Month Pause”
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Pins, Needles, and a Pause
تَنْميل root: ن-م-ل / form II verbal noun / definition: pins and needles I never thought I’d have to send a sick leave request with “pins and needles” as the reason—but each season homes realisations of the unexpected, and I submitted my GP note with bated breath and tingling limbs. A four-week PhD pause, onContinue reading “Pins, Needles, and a Pause”
