To the east - again

So here I am, at London Heathrow, on my way to the east again. But this time I'm not going to the far-, but the Middle East. And I'm not going after studying the language and culture for two years and going there on holiday for a month (like when I went to Waseda University in Tokyo) but after only studying the language for one year. So I'm a bit more nervous than last time. Will my Arabic be good enough? Will I be able to navigate through all the cultural, sectarian and ethnical intricacies? Will I do well at my job as financial analyst?
Time will tell, but I'm sure that I'll learn a lot, meet great people and probably fall in love with yet another country. You'll read all about it on this blog.