The last day of organizational behavior, Fall 2007.

Leading in the first class of CMUQ Graduates (2008).

Starling and Lina at the  CMUQ 2008 Senior Celebration

Rasha, Starling, and Reem at the CMUQ 2008 Senior Celebration.

From left to right: Amr, Mohammed, Starling, and Ben.

Noor (L), Starling (C), and Maha (R) at the Dean's List dinner, Spring 2008.

Fatima (L), Starling (C) and Amna (R) at the CMUQ Dean's list dinner, 2008, in the courtyard of the Dean's house.

Nazia (left) and Basma (right) prior to graduation (June 2006).

Starling and a strategy student, Tofol, at pre - graduation lunch. She had one of the best student blogs, "Tofol's Management Rants."

Other very good student blogs include Sultan Sindi's ; Lina Osman's "Lina the Warrior Princess" ; and Omair's "Anecdotes, Uncensored"

Graduation Day. Hassan Fakih (L) and Yasser Ramadan (back left with cap on).

From left to right are Lina, Naila, Ghadeer, and Sara.

Me and Basma, my research assistant for the strategy classes.

With two students from Section 1: Amr (left) and Lubna (right).

Section 1 held it's last class in the Deli Marche cafeteria. This class was optional and, as you can see, several people chose to sleep in or, as they put it, "study for final."

Kneeling in front: Bandar and Mohammed H.

Left front: Rema, Lujaina, Shaikha

Middle: Lulwa, Pooja, Farah, Maissa, Prof. Hunter, Tariq, Ahmed.

Back: Lubna, Furqan, Faisal, Mohanad, Amr, Nader, Yousef, Mustapha.

Sara, Hassan (the ladies man), and Lina O.

From the left: Lina O. (Lina the Warrior Princess), Naila , Ghadeer, Sara.

Section 2 held the last session at the Starbucks on campus.

Front row (from the left): Hassan, Sara, Nailya, Lina O., Ghadeer, Nazia, Hoda, Mohammed. M

Middle row: Naila, Lina S., Shaza, Prof. Hunter, Mohammed F., Tofol.

Back row: Noha, Shemaa, Haifaa, Bilal, Mohammed K., Siddharth, Mohd, Hassan, Suha, Marwa, Sultan, Shivajith, Noman, Fahad.

View from my office window

On the walk home.

View of the campus from one of the parking lots.

The windows of my office.

Main building and setting sun.

Arches along the business school on the left, the main administration building in the center.

Arches alongside the business school, just outside my window.

Here's what my apartment complex looks like

Here's an interior view of one of the dhows in the courtyard of the maritime museum. The thin rods on the interior are palm sticks.

Tonight the new faculty, three busloads of us, and their families were taken on a guided tour of Sharjah City. We left the campus and drov eabout 10 kilometers through the city to the waterfront where all the souks (shops & markets) apartment, restaurants, and government offices can be found. We did get a chance to stop and get out to walk through the old Souk. It seemed more like something for tourists than a serious place to shop. Instead of looking at the shops I walked to the edge of the complex and discovered the Maritime Museum. I paid 3 Dirham to get in, that's about $ 0.82, and got a guided tour by a young man named Imad. Inside were exhibits related to the fishing and maritime life of the people along this part of the Persian Gulf Coast. Above is a picture of one of several wooden boats that filled the courtyard.

Minaret at the the Dubai International Airport. This is the first one I saw after landing and thus, the first I've ever seen in the Middle East. The mosque lies just behind the parking structure where the van came to pick us up. I've come to find that mosques are literally everywhere. I've been told that within the major cities, all the way from Abu Dhabi to Ajman, and perhaps beyond, there is no minaret from which it is not possible to see another minaret.