Literature Festival in Dubai

A man is known by the books he reads. - Ralph Waldo Emerson If there's one thing in this world that should be free, it's books. Moving here, one of my biggest complains was that books are so expensive here! And that there's not enough literary awareness. EAIFL is a welcome response to the former. Held from 26th February - 1st March at Dubai Festival City, the literature festival is host to authors and various workshops through out [+]

Drawbacks of Being a Freelancer in UAE

A freelancer is not bound by geographical locations. You can live underwater and you're good to go as long as you have an internet connection and a computer. While finding work online has been fairly easy, I haven't yet broken into the publishing industry in UAE. Language Barrier Part of the reason of why I haven't yet gotten freelance work from this region is because I'm an expat and do not speak Arabic. Most people want [+]