Life Stories

Where my expats at? This one’s for everyone who’s studying abroad/doing a gap year/remote working/just plain up and moved–and know the struggle of coordinating visits...

While studying abroad in Brazil, I’m lucky enough to have a stipend from my financial aid that covers rent and food (depending on where I...

I felt something different in Cairo. I felt home. I bring home everywhere with me, but I felt extra at home here. I’m not Egyptian;...

If you think of Paris, you’ll probably think of the metro, that glamorous mode of transportation flooding the feed of your favourite Parisian influencers. And...

I love postcards. The sleek and the tacky, the clean and the cheesy, the vintage and the holographic. I frequently write, send and hoard them,...

Although last semester was potentially the most life-changing semester of my life, it is basically impossible to sum up in a sentence or two. Most...

I’m Egyptian born and raised. My mother’s Egyptian, my father’s Egyptian, all my grandparents are Egyptian – you get the point, I’m as Egyptian as...

I know I’m a city girl, but after the week I had, I might be open to reconsidering. 10 days and 5 cities. Thanks to BritRail,...

I’ve been to London before, and it’s somewhere I wouldn’t mind visiting often, it straddles the line between pastry scented cobblestones and good ol’ concrete...

I’m a real romantic, and I’m not one bit ashamed about it. I’m not romantic in the borrrrrring typical rom-com way though… where every single...

Salvador, the capital of the state of Bahia, is also Brazil’s capital of Afro-Brazilian history and culture. Known for its historic colonial center, the African...

Apps are great, shows with subtitles are bomb, and Spotify playlists are a godsend. But when it comes to languages, nothing beats having an actual...