Ashish Gorde, who grew up as an “expat kid” in Bahrain, is always amazed at the negative generalisations people make about such children - and prefers to think of the positive: “Not having a place we can call our own is a blessing in disguise because it has protected us from xenophobia, parochialism and narrow loyalties to one's ethnic background.”
“The plural of “anecdote” is not “data.”" remarks Gregg Carlstrom at The Majlis, in response to FP's article on temporary marriage in Lebanon.
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