Shooshi

“Dubai is... after all,
a lonely, transitory place.
It's hard to maintain relationships
when people are always coming and going.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai, #1

“She didn’t want to try to explain that she was always disoriented, that she never, ever felt truly comfortable, even in her own home. Especially in her own home.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai

“No one has the complete freedom to choose everything in his or her life, sis. They may think they do. They may think they're choosing those jeans because they like them or that house because of that location, or that car because of the speed, but the reality is, they choose the jeans because some celebrity wore them, they choose that house because they needed to live near the kid's school, or that car because it was the only one they could afford that could live up to their social standard.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai, #1

“She snorts when she sees a man in the traditional Emirati white robe, the candoura, indulging himself in a glass of something clearly haraam, and wonders why society deems it is acceptable for Arab men to do as they please when God has set clear rules that apply to both men and women.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai, #1