Qatar Foundation Radio's Interview with me, covering my philosophy of world travel, and my experiences teaching history in Qatar
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The Best Souq in the Gulf
By Chandi Wyant Published by Fathomaway The Arabian Gulf may be filled with souqs, but only Souq Waqif in Doha can claim to be historic, authentic, and totally entertaining. Qatar-based historian Chandi Wyant takes us on a tour. DOHA, Qatar – Doha is in the process of transforming itself from a quiet town of pearl divers to one of the most important cities in the Gulf
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Paddling the Persian Gulf
This article originally appeared in Go Nomad One expat’s favorite thing to do in the little desert country of Qatar The flat expanse of the Persian Gulf sparkles silver and in the 45-degree heat I’m pleased with the breeze that I feel only now that I’m on the water. I dip my paddle and bend my knees, dip and bend, striving to keep up with Lucy. Her compact limbs flex and
Read MoreHome: a landscape of the soul
Home, after the most difficult year of my three years in Qatar. When I woke up and looked out the window on the first morning back in California, and saw the blue sky I cried. Who cries over blue sky? I've never heard of a such thing. After 11 months of dust colored sky, dust colored ground, dust colored buildings and the worst dust storms in Qatar in the past 12 years, I am
Read MoreJackpot! Teaching college in Qatar
By the end of my first semester teaching college in Qatar I felt I’d won the Professor’s Jackpot. But most of that first semester was full of adjustments; from driving on Doha’s roads, to the separation of the sexes, to the level of the students. I learned to navigate through what one of my students told me were the most badly designed roundabouts in the world— three lanes
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