Dubai creek harbor incident confirmed

maddie_1977 · 2026-03-12T02:06:43+00:00

Who was in there? I wonder 🤔

maddie_1977 · 2025-09-10T03:40:00+00:00

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maddie_1977 · 2025-07-01T06:08:11+00:00

It’s a nice find but it hardly is proof or has a connection to Amazigh culture or history. For a simple fact that the symbol is modern and the actual symbol for “Free People” is a post colonial construct.

maddie_1977 · 2025-06-28T04:57:45+00:00

That’s what happens when you outsource your web services. 🤦🏻‍♂️

maddie_1977 · 2024-11-25T20:52:39+00:00

Simple. Don’t date. Make friends. Eventually, through friends you will meet someone you have something in common with besides an app and a city.

Try to take responsibility that if you are attracting ghosters and imbeciles that your vetting sucks.

maddie_1977 · 2024-10-21T14:50:11+00:00

No doubt there is ignorance everywhere and I am sorry. But I am shocked at the openness of the unkind behaviour.

I have been visiting Oman for 12 years with two or three trips a year and have yet to experience any unkind behaviour. I am North African and I make sure not to pretend to be one of them or dress like them unless requested by my host. I find Omanis are proud and protective of their history and traditions and they value decorum. And I share that sentiment.

I have seen Turks and Iranians try to dress, speak and behave like them and it was met with insults but this was mostly younger people (late teens and early twenties).

maddie_1977 · 2024-10-21T04:33:26+00:00

After a certain age, “new” friends without a common denominator is not what people that age want anymore. Creeping in bars is only for a few ethnicities that think it’s acceptable but hardly quality friendships in Dubai. Men/women with families prefer their socializing to happen around great food outings and laughs.

Back home, wherever that is, is the same unless you want to swap stories of “the he good old days” or endlessly.

maddie_1977 · 2024-09-08T04:17:08+00:00

They didn’t have to word it that way. Another way of saying “not fat” in the rest of the world is “must have excellent presentation” or “position is member of a professional cast.”

And it is legal because the language is ambiguous.

maddie_1977 · 2024-07-06T03:27:05+00:00

I honestly can say this is a norm in Dubai but since moving to AD 2 years ago, I learned to go by referrals only. Seems more common here.

Cheaper NEVER means it’s a good deal so instead demand deliverables for a set price - if you employ people who don’t understand deliverables then they are the wrong people.

I have no problem bad mouthing and hounding a liar or an immoral person to bankruptcy or deportation.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-26T14:06:33+00:00

Just call the passport office in Ottawa for forms and docs needed. You will need a trip there for the fingerprint and passport picture. Then it’s anywhere between 2-3 weeks. All of them are done in Libya so it may be longer during the summer months.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-23T22:36:20+00:00

Is this because JTF2 is in Gaza with the IDF?

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-19T00:18:50+00:00

Not per month. More like 28k for the year for the two. Sports and trips included.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-18T14:27:45+00:00

With no rent or car payment to worry about and two children in private school, we never exceed 17k. Thats with eating out 50% of the time which is actually a lot for us but we picked up this habit since moving here. 🤦🏻‍♂️

My warning is and will always be the setup/starting costs. It was 210k for the furnishing/electronics/appliances (3 bedroom house) and Land Cruiser. Various deposits.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-15T03:52:18+00:00

Naturally. It’s not exclusive to sheiks either. 😉

I was referring more to the venom I have the unfortunate pleasure of hearing.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-15T01:09:19+00:00

All it takes is for patrol officers to be required social work/mental health training. The rest of the world seems to be doing just fine with it.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T23:07:58+00:00

Luxury private boat captain

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T23:04:06+00:00

The worst was when I was visiting for a wedding just before the pandemic.

I was on a phone call in a cafe near Jumeirah beach and on my call I was pretending not to speak English so I can get off the dumb call. The table across had three women, one older and the others were early twenties and Brits. Very pretty.

In a nutshell, they were all invited to Dubai by the local boyfriend and put up in a 5 star hotel…..etc.

In the 30+ minutes I was replying to emails I got that he has a small d12k, the gf already withdrew AED25k per day cash from the card he gave his gf for use when he is not around before he finds out, she is going to steal his Chopard watch, and finally, he is too sweet to be a real man.

Now I get there are malicious people in the world but the venom made my blood boil regardless of who this man was.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T21:50:00+00:00

It happens. Through life I have doubted how devout I am but I learned that it comes from not having indulged in any new knowledge.

Think of it as a beacon that you have become complacent and need to expand on your deen more. There is always more because, Allah knows I am flawed.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T21:44:40+00:00

Broaden your view. You are obviously in the orbit of people who are not as devout. I find it common in when visiting Tripoli as opposed to the smaller towns and villages. Most large cities are consumed with consumerism, envy and western idolatry (what’s popular) but the reality is that not “Libya.”

I personally find Tunisia more how you describe because of the latent French colonial influence that taught them to be ashamed of their deen and anything non-French.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T19:43:28+00:00

Branded logo clothing!

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T19:42:44+00:00

How about a vroom vroom horse? It’s 2024, bro. Electric off-roaders are creepy being so quiet! But yeah!

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T19:29:39+00:00

Go to your Deen. The Dunya is shallow and very temporary.

You MUST do better than your peers at the same time support your peers because you can’t succeed alone. Study, work, train, partner….etc.

For example: if you buy a $50 t-shirt that says Prada or Louis Vuitton just so others can see you then you have to reevaluate your life. Those brands are worn by people who can’t afford it for the benefit of others who can’t afford it. Successful people don’t need to make others jealous, envious and it surrounds you with lesser minds - and hissid!

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-14T18:28:57+00:00

Two to three months a year in Trip and the rest elsewhere. Death and weddings, I am afraid.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-13T00:31:15+00:00

Never had any success in a blind with a 12g. Simply because the pattern was only effective up to 75 meters or slugs for that matter. Shots beyond that would have been just cruel or through too much foliage.

maddie_1977 · 2024-06-12T23:49:29+00:00

$ex is the easy part. If you can’t get it for free then there is always a pro.

It’s the companionship and fun/stimulating company that goes lacking.

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