(photo by M. A. AlAwaid)
Someone recently commented that I named this website after the musical, Come from Away, which is based on what happened when 38 planes were diverted to Gander, Newoundland on 9/11.
I love that musical, especially the song “Me and the Sky,” but that’s not where the title comes from. I first heard “come from away” more than 50 years ago in the British Virgin Islands. The term was used by people in the BVI to refer to those who were not from the islands. When I was young, my parents lived in Puerto Rico and bought a piece of land on one of the islands, so my family was referred to as “come from away.”
When I decided to start my website, I used that term as a way to say ‘non-local’ as I was writing about Oman, but I am not Omani.
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