Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
First sentences are generally easy, however, it’s usually all downhill after you’ve formulated them. Yet, when it comes to my 48th and final piece for GulfWeekly I am attempting and failing to deflect an awkward goodbye. Cue the uncharacteristic sentiment.
It has been an absolute pleasure writing for this column and firstly I would like to thank the Editor for giving me the opportunity to rant at strangers in a socially-acceptable manner. Equally, I would like to thank those few or many strangers that have endured these rants, or even turned the page. Don’t worry, I don’t know who you are. You hope. And, I extend my wishes of good luck towards the student taking over this editorial space.
For those of you who may be wondering where I shall vanish off to once my exams are over. If all goes to plan with my grades (inshallah) I shall be studying English literature and drama at The University of East Anglia in Norwich, and even though the audition was the strangest experience of my life, I have never looked forward to anything more. Yet, I shall return to Bahrain during the holidays and hopefully regain some pigmentation to my skin, after months deprived of the sunlight I am used to.
