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Mubaarak Mamdani!
I head out to Mumbai, India, for some fasta-fasta compliance issues but return to Dar shortly afterward. Since Emirates is…
No Internet, Curfewed – I’m Getting Munjaaro Baba!
I return to Dar es Salaam from my semiannual trip to the US on Tanzania’s election day, October 29. I…
Halaat Kharaab Che, Etc…
Halaat Bau Kharaab Che… I try to go for maghribein salaat at the Khoja mosque whenever I am in Dar.…
Snakes Or Crocs? – A Backbreaking Trek
Snakes Or Crocs? – A Backbreaking Trek Manakara lies about 373 miles (600 km) south of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Yet, it…
A Chat With Maria / In Passing
A Chat With Maria It is soopa hot and steamy in Dar today as I type this blog at my…
Hai, Maulanas / Hai, Shaam
I’ve tried to visit the school/orphanage for 200 orphan children that CAI donors support in Damascus, Syria, twice last year,…
Kaka And Keema, And Clever Monkeys
Kaka And Keema, And Clever Monkeys I recently find myself in Mumbai, India, a city I visit frequently. I’ve been…
Moto-Moto Muharram In Dar
I return to Dar es Salaam at the start of the holy month of Muharram. Yet another opportunity to partake…
Botox Nightmares/Afghanistan/Fruitful Thailand
Botox Nightmares Sohail Abdullah, CEO of CAI, and I are in Lebanon once more, on our way to Damascus, Syria.…
Raisi Is Dead / A Crash Landing
Raisi Is Dead Mullah Mchungu looks at me listlessly, his dentures, with telltale signs of decay, grin at me idiotically.…
A Malabari Heartburn And A Monkey Problem
I find myself in India once more, right amid a general election. This does not affect me so much, except…
Pooja Has A Beef With Azaan
Pooja Has A Beef With Azaan I meet Pooja on my way to Dubai from Dar es Salaam; she occupies…