Author: (Stein) Runar Bergheim
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Pyramids
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It’s not that I do not love Cairo. I do want to. And in part I do. But the experience of a relatively innocent and entirely unprepared soul arriving at Cairo Airport in the small hours of the morning does exact its toll, and may promote emotions other than, and contrary to, love . The…
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Eit spørsmål om orv og miljø
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Eg hadde ein oppvekst som i stor grad var skjerma frå deltaking i gardslivet på Labakken. Verken mor Asgjerd eller far Rasmus la utilbørlege band på fritida mi; ved fylte tretten år måtte eg framleis ha både godt ljos og bruke alle åndsevner for å skilje mellom storfe og sau. Mitt møte med landbruket sine…
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Eit halvope brev til Harald Slettvoll
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Til skilnad frå dykk sein-patriarkane borte på Gloppestad er som du veit Bukta-mannen ferdig reformert og medviten si rolle i det nye samfunnet. Som ein representant for denne gruppa er eg såleis jamnleg å finne på kolonialvareforretningar i små og mellomstore ærend. I går ettermiddag, medan eg stod på Rema og reflekterte over kva grønsaker…
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I Unåde hjå Gud i Gloppen
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Grannen sende meg ein artikkel her ein dag som omhandla ein kjenning som var blitt avskjediga i unåde av Gud sin administrative representant i Gloppen — kyrkjevergen. Eg har ikkje nærare kjennskap til Dorothee Raschwitz enn at vi har site på kvar vår side av ein pizza ein gong – men basert på den bordseta…
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The Great Indoors of Arabia
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I knew a couple living in Dubai who expressed great joy and happiness about their living arrangements. In their building, they had a mall, a gym and a cinema complex, and in their apartment, they had a large balcony. On weekends, they said, they NEVER HAD TO leave the building. I had never thought of…
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Life in the Desert
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Life in the desert is inspiring. The sort of things that live here are focussed; they seize every chance—act on every opportunity. That behaviour stands in sharp contrast to my own life since I became a smartphone owner nearly twenty years ago. Desert-dwellers do not hear a beep, read a message, follow a link and…
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The Value of Being Best
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A ‘societal value’ shared by Norway and the United Arab Emirates is the importance of being ‘best in the world’. It is quite possible to be ‘best’ at something without actually being good at it. The key is to find a field that is so narrow as to eliminate competition. That is why Norwegians have…
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The Incomparable Dubai
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Dubai was the first and only thing I thought I knew about the United Arab Emirates before arriving there. What little I might have learned of Arabia during my school years had not trampled the virgin snow of my ignorance. At that time, no photo of Dubai existed that did not include Burj al Arab—the…
