Expatriatism.

So, I've been reading blogs recently exaggerating the problems for an expat living in the Middle East (more specifically Kuwait). Maybe I have grown accustomed to the challenges, due to my stint in the true "third world?" More likely, however, is the idea that expats from the US expect a culture and lifestyle similar to America. They are often intolerant of outside cultures - even when visiting another country. Americans impose themselves on other cultures and attempt to change others - and if that doesn't work - then they just like to bitch about them.

And so this is why I am creating this blog. I feel the need to provide a positive account of expatriate living in the Middle East. I hope I can provide someone with an outlook that promotes equality and allows them to see that a different culture does not make someone dirty, rude or lazy because they live differently...

(Although every little expat misses home once in a while!)