He's behind you!

Assalamu Aleikum!

Well, I'm back safe and sound from the panto.

I mentioned in my previous posting that I was off to see a panto at the British Club. Actually the name of the place is The Club. I guess they dropped the British bit off somewhere along the line. But once you get inside it's as British as roast beef. There is a pub which looks like any pub back in the UK complete with Irish folk singers. They serve a mean beef pie and chips. Although the chips were the stringy kind rather than good old fat chips. Other than this the food was excellent.

The panto was a sell out and had loads of laughs. There was a lot of innuendo and I mean a lot. My Arab friends missed a lot of this and I had to explain. They were also a bit confused with the men playing women and the women playing men. But I explained that this was a British pastime - cross-dressing! All in all we all had a thoroughly fun evening out.

Tomorrow it's the Dubai Film Festival and I'm down to watch 3 films in a row. The films look great. They've got lots of Arab films and a few western ones. They're the sort of films you never hear about especially in Blockbusters.

Masalamah
Yahya