by Lillian Zahra | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog, Dubai, Travel
A Guide To Sharjah, UAE Sharjah is often the “forgotten” Emirate compared with Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Since I started teaching at Barakah Studio, I’ve been using my time after class to explore an Emirate I previously hadn’t visited. Dubai may...
by Lillian Zahra | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog, Dubai
Four Years In Dubai Has it really been four years? I arrived in Dubai on 10th February 2017 and distinctly remember my first morning: wandering to the nearest Starbucks for a coffee in a beach dress and flip-flops, feeling bemused at seeing Dubai residents in jeans...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 9, 2019 | Dubai, Must-Read
Life In Dubai – Frequently Asked Questions Life has changed a little since I posted my Dubai FAQ back in 2017. I’ve lived in Dubai for two-and-a-half years now, a relatively long time in a somewhat transient place. I thought it was time to re-address some...
by Lillian Zahra | Nov 16, 2018 | Dubai, Travel
Planning Your Trip to Dubai (updated February 2021) It’s coming up to two years since I moved to the desert so I’m finally putting together a little guide for planning your own trip to Dubai. I first visited Dubai in 2007, returning every other year or so...
by Lillian Zahra | Jun 15, 2018 | Diary, Dubai, Money Diary
Since giving up news (a story for another day), my sole internet reading is Refinery 29’s Money Diaries series. I hope they never stop publishing them. I’ve shared a few of mine in the past and, my goodness, has life changed since I penned my first Dubai...
by Lillian Zahra | Dec 29, 2017 | Dubai
Riding through the Dubai desert at sunset has to be one of my most surreal and magical experience since I moved to Dubai. Oh, and this just happened to be on December 25 so it made for a rather good answer to the “what did you do for Christmas?”...
