Shooshi

“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

“I have had to learn the hard way that the people who you think love you unconditionally, actually only love the idea of you and when you fall from grace, they no longer want you.”
― Ameera Al Hakawati, Desperate in Dubai, #1

“And every time she hears from him, another pebble of hope joins the little cluster she has collected.”
― 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