For those of you who may not be familiar with it, Safa Park is located just off Sheikh Zayed Road at Interchange 2.  Amongst other things that make it a great park is the running track all around it – a good 3.4 km.
The track starts to see some action as early at 4:45 am for those who go power-walking right after morning prayers.  The boot camp gang usually shows up around 6.  There are groups of young men in football training gear running in formation around 7.  And in …

Let me ask you a question: if someone close to you were unwell, would you persuade them to seek help? If your child couldn’t see properly, would you get his/her eyes checked? Would you encourage your spouse to get seen at the first sign of high blood pressure or weird pain or headache?
Are you pro-active and vigilant when it comes to your loved ones?  Then why on earth are you not proactive about you?
Yes, I mean you.  The selfless mother.  The supportive friend.  The obliging daughter.  The loving wife. The …

I was born with the typical set of genetics for an East African.  I was skinny.   My mother would fret that neighbours secretly thought I was not fed enough. Actually, I ate like a horse, and especially loved anything that involved rice or pasta.   Yet, I stayed lean, right through  college junk food fests, lavish lunches with girlfriends and late night snacks of halwa and doughnuts. Thanks to my naturally elevated metabolism.  Ah, so true that we don’t know what we’ve got till we lose it …
Then it all changed.  …