Yesterday’s Awkward Cross-Cultural Running Moment, Brought To You By Rihanna
Scene: Running a quick 3-mile loop through the back streets of Satwa at dusk.
Me: [Singing out loud to Rihanna’s “S&M” using iPod as pretend mike, as is my wont.] ‘Cause I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it…
Me: [Look up; realize I am passing one of the roving groups of conservative Pakistani men who stroll the ‘twa between prayer time and dinner time; deem it too late to stop singing.] Sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me—
Pakistani Men: [EPIC DEATH STARE AND CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS.]
Me: —na na na come on, come on, come on, I like it like it! [Usain Bolt victory arms upon passing.]
End scene.
Theme created by David Summerton.
The (mis)adventures of an All-American girl in the Middle East.
