The Desert Wind

This book is an English translation of the author's the first published book, Ruwais. The Desert Wind focuses on leisure time as bachelor boy, until he finds Filipino girl. The stories are based on true events that author have handwritten daily in his notebooks. Daily events are told as accurately as they are documented in his diaries. At the same time, author have mentioned excerpts from Islamic culture and world events that interest his. Author also tells in this book how he fell in love with a Filipino girl and tell how they celebrate the weddings in Dubai and the Philippines, and about the birth of their child.

Esa Kinnunen is a Finnish engineer who works at petrochemical plants. One day for him was offered a challenging job in the UAE in the expansion projects of a new plastics factory laboratory. In this travelogue, he speaks truthfully about his leisure time in the squeeze of a multicultural environment and his observations of world events during the expansion project. He talks about his loneliness, his love for Filipinos, and his turbulent time, considering what is happening to us and the world?