HeyJaredCat in the Kingdom
Dispatches on life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from an American expat. Join me as I untangle the cultural nuances of a deeply proud, seemingly misunderstood country trying to reshape its image.
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The uneasy hum I’ve had for 25 years (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years ago , I was sitting in the second row, center, of Bob Cherry’s second period Pre-Calc class. A senior named Ellen was in front of me. It was at the end of the math wing, on the left side of the hall that my parents had ticked “YES” to on a referendum while I was in middle school.Someone stuck their head into the classroom. It was a normal occurrence; Mr. Cherry was the department chair. He was tall and lean and often crouched down so he could hear people. He suddenly stood up,
Year Two in Saudi Arabia (opens the original)
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My Spain chapter closed quite literally the way it started: with Kelly and Lindsay, my first two friends in Seville.We navigated Spain before influencers, before ebooks and courses, before practically anyone in the backwaters of Triana could address us in English.It was just us, a litre of Don Simón and literally a prayer card of our favorite Virgin Mary.They were the best, most confusing days of my life.I was the last holdout in Sevilla. Lindsay had gone to the U.S. and back, bea+fore leaving t
Five ways I built community abroad (opens the original)
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Recently, I fully admitted to my kids that I had been selfish this last year.They were on the tail end of their first school year in Saudi Arabia, and it hadn’t gone as smoothly as we anticipated.My 6 and 9 year old had it ROUGH. Leaving their school, their bedrooms, their beloved abuelos across town.All four of us had it rough, sure. I had to put my career on hold and leave my life, too, and I wanted them to understand that.So, I was selfish in putting my needs ahead of theirs in some ways - es
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