I spent Monday evening alone in my room listening to music, watching movies and thinking how much I preferred the stormy weather outside to the sandstorm that was going on back in the United Arab Emirates,...

Last night, I had a dream. It was a Monday morning, and I had no idea where I was. I was lying in a bed in a dorm room I didn’t recognize. Disgruntled, I paced a couple of times around the room and...