Qatar…From Afar: Uncomfortable Questions IV
Did the Qatar Academy administrators know about my impending incarceration? If so when?
They mostly likely did from the very beginning, from when the formal complaint was filed by the parent.
Blog posts about my experiences at Qatar Academy, before, during, and after my twelve-day incarceration in a Doha jail in May 2013 for allegedly insulting Islam.
Qatar…From Afar: Entitlement — License to Abuse?
An example of how students at Qatar Academy deliberately made my life in Qatar so difficult that I hit bottom -- professionally and personally.
Parting Words to a Qatari Student
Parting words to a Qatari student on Facebook following a number of exchanges about Qatar and FIFA, in which he essentially painted the Arabs as victims of racism.
Qatar…From Afar: Uncomfortable Questions III
Why did my employer -- Qatar Academy -- and its administrators appear to have dropped me like a hot brick on May 1 when I was holed up at the police station? Would they have done anything differently had I been a European or North American or from another native English-speaking region of the world?
“It’s Not You, It’s Me!”
This really isn't anything to do with you or is it about you...really! This has to do with and is about me in it's entirety. However, don't worry, I am not "breaking up" with you!
Qatar…From Afar: Long Flight To Freedom
When you have suffered gravely, you view and live life a certain way.
Far from making others suffer or wishing suffering on others, for instance, you don't even wish suffering on those you hold responsible for your own suffering. Knowing what it was like, you want to do everything you can to alleviate the sufferings of others instead.
Qatar…From Afar: The Last Hour
The final hour in Doha, Qatar on May 13, 2013, I was at Doha Airport, headed to my flight taking me home. So that I didn't feel all alone, which I was, I texted my friends in Doha, providing them updates on my progress toward the flight.
The main article on page 2.
In the Media: “Dorje Gurung Returned Home”
A piece published in Kantipur, a Nepalese paper, written by Hom Karki, a journalist I talked to the day after my release from prison in May 2013.