As someone, who has spent nearly 18 years in the Gulf, we sometimes wonder why nobody has told our story. Literature of the Indian diaspora has rarely so ever touched upon the experiences of those in Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia or Oman. It’s America that has mostly pervaded our consciousness, and the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni have given us enough fiction to keep the narrative alive and going. But, to think there’s a large Indian expat population, which has made the Arab world their home: What is their story?

Gulf is a collection of 15 poems that voice the concerns of a female immigrant