Before landing in Saudi, I heard that teaching students in the Kingdom can be the toughest ESL assignment abroad. Students, I heard, are rowdy, lack motivation, and still pass levels because of the way the…

“It’s not that bad.” Within weeks of landing in Saudi, my housemate and I had probably exchanged that line a dozen times. Everyone says Saudi’s not for everyone. Many of the ones who’ve lived there…

It’s not the end of the year, but it feels like the end of a chapter for me. Saudi has come to a close. When these chapters end like this, I think it’s good for…