Back to Basics

After a nice, long extended holiday, I'm coming back to blogging. I've done a lot of thinking in my time away from blogging to think about what blogging is. I'm restarting this blog for one major reason: I want people to understand my experiences and perspective on the Middle East.

I've been reading a lot of blogs lately on the region, particularly Oman. I've found some good ones which I'll share and some poor ones which I hope that I won't be like. I want to try out some new topics and styles and formats to see what works, so I can't tell anybody exactly what the blog will become.

However, I can say that I don't want to regurgitate other writers work, pass on hearsay, or mindlessly bitch/praise about Oman, Arabs, Americans, or anybody else. All countries, parties, groups, organizations, and people including myself have flaws and strengths, and any criticism or praise should not be taken as a personal attack on a group. I like living in Oman, I liked living in other countries that I visited, and I like America too.