The world is filled with feats of engineering, artistic expression, natural wonder and collectivities of soul.  There are so many places to see and so little time to do it, but the destinations below will enrich the lives of all those who take the time and make the effort to experience them. Some like the Vatican or [...]

Little words of love and affection often mean a lot to those on the receiving end. Nevertheless, the collection of  phrases below are much more memorable.  There’s nothing like sticking it someone who  drives you crazy, a verbal joust that stings long after its delivered. Politically Incorrect?  Crude? Tasteless? Of course and that’s why we love them! Hohol contributed the most [...]

At first, I was weary about the charges of fraud in Iran’s election.  After a decade of living outside my own country,  I’ve seen the Western media rush to judgement on anything to do with the Middle East far too many times - their bias is undeniable.  A week later, however, it’s become obvious . . . the Iranian election [...]

 From Tarek Ibrahim… Between true love and hate Tender choice and ugly fate In the rebirth of dusk Rings the scent of musk   The birds may never wait For hearts that always hesitate Little boys burst into cries Waiting for time to go by   But as days ahead unfold Persuading us to grow [...]

The human experience offers us more perception and less reality. RELATIVITY OnLine’s own Editor in Chief takes us inside his journey into the desert. David Anthony Hohol’s tale of a Canadian farm boy’s Middle Eastern adventure is one of surprise and enlightenment and conversely, one that brings his heart closer to home than ever before. [...]

Saudi Arabia’s Eman Al Nafjan is a proud Saudi Muslim woman, entirely connected to both her roots and her country. She is also profoundly aware of how her both her culture and belief system have been kidnapped by fundamentalists in order to disadvantage and oppress the rights of women. A pioneer in the face of subjugation, [...]

From the time of Marcos to the Home of the Brave, comes a story of a cultural transplantation; a young boy taken from an unstable homeland in the Philippnes to the tough streets of Chicago. Below we are taken on the global journey that changed Staff Writer Dr. Ron Villejo forever. Jap. Chink.  I was 9 years old [...]

From James O’Hearn… I fully understand that sense of confusion upon first encountering the world of cricket. While I lived in North America, and even in Japan, cricket seemed no more than a quaint, laughable neurosis of the few Australians, New Zealanders, and South Asians that I knew. But then I moved to the Middle [...]

From Abdullah Abdulsalam Belal… I’m an Emirati, but I think there are still a lot of people who don’t’ know exactly from what that means. There are still many people in the world who’ve never even heard of the United Arab Emirates. The city of Dubai, however, is slowly becoming a place that people know. With [...]

From Lara Matossian-Roberts… I’m at the passport control counter.  I greet the young Emirati sitting behind the counter in Arabic and hand him my passport.   I watch as confusion plays across his face.  He doesn’t say anything, just flips through the pages of my passport.  He asks me in heavily accented English where I’ve come [...]