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Shirley Dockerill
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- Member since
- 4th March 2009
I came to Bahrain in 1985 for a three week visit and never left. Since then I've worked in various industries in customer service and training & development, married my Persian/Bahraini husband Samad in 2001 and still want to buy a Harley.
Shirley Dockerill's activity
- 16 Sep 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Ramadan Television
"In the northern hemisphere the sun sets at a different time each day, either later each day (if it’s between December 21st and 21st June), or earlier (if it’s between June 21st and December 21st"
- 13 Sep 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Ramadan Day 14 - Gargoan
Gargoan is a tradition very similar to the Halloween 'Trick or Treat'"
- 11 Sep 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Ramadan Hours
During Ramadan life changes completely, night becomes day and day becomes night, or so it feels. In reality many Muslims in the GCC will switch round their daily timetable and follow times similar to the ones shown below:"
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Fasting
"It's not easy to fast from sunrise to sunset, but it is possible and millions of people will choose to fast during daylight hours for the entire month of Ramadan"
- 19 Apr 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Mourning
It was only when I mentioned the words, "she'll be mourning for forty days" to a westerner and they didn't know what I was talking about did I become aware I'd taken on some of the Gulf/ khleej [KH-lee-jee] thought processes."
- 16 Apr 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Rape
For the longest time I've beome more and more tired of the restrictions, all the superior fearfulness of people telling you, 'you shouldn't do this ...' and 'you shouldn't do that ...'"
- 31 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Wosta
Wosta (also spelt, woster/ waster/ waster but all pronounced in the same way, [wass-ter]) is an Arabic word which describes a polite form of corruption."
- 11 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Valentines Day
14th February is Valentines Day in much of the western world, but is a banned activity in Saudi Arabia."
- 09 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Zaatar
Zaatar (also spelt; za'atar, zahtar, zaatah, but all said in the same way [zaa-ta]) is the Arabic name for a spice mixture of dried and crushed wild thyme (a.k.a., mountain oregano), sumac {see wgaw blog archive: o1/o4}, toasted sesame seeds and salt."
- 07 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Children's Games
Today's post is a trip back in time - my husband has very fond memories of three games he used to play in childhood and which are desribed below:"
- 06 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Alcohol
It is said the English word alcohol originally comes from the two Arabic words, ‘Al Cohol’. In addition, the words carafe, cork, and jar also originate from Arabic."
- 04 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Madrooba
Madrooba (also spelt: maadroba/ maadrooba/ madruba, but all pronounced in the same way [ma'd-drew-ba] ) is Arabic comfort eating at its best."
- 03 Mar 2009
Shirley Dockerill wrote a blog post Arabic - English Loan Words
"Today's posting follows on from {wgaw blog archive: 12/o3 and o6/o4} and continues the list of words whose roots are said to have been borrowed, or loaned from the Arabic."
