Africa

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...

At 16 years of age, I walked up to my mom and simply said, “I want to bathe naked with other ladies.” Unfortunately, this isn’t...

If you’re lacking the funds or time to make it to another country, grab a good book that will ~transport~ you to another world. Reading...

“You look Egyptian but sound like a tourist.” – every local I met in Egypt. While stressing over finals in my last semester of university, I...

Sit back and enjoy my incoherent thoughts from having to spend time with myself for the first few times:

No shade to France and Italy, but let’s talk about some other awesome countries worth considering if you’re interested in studying abroad. I spent my...

*Deep exhale* This is going to be a touchy one — and a little serious.

In the months before coming to Senegal, the thing I searched for the most was clarity. Clarity within myself, clarity in what the heck I...

When I decided to study Arabic in Rabat, Morocco, I spend hours online. I pored through as many blogs as I could, trying to figure...

It’s 2019 so allow me to start off with some encouragement: Appreciate the crown on your head. As a natural, it’s important to remember why...

The first time was the day after I landed in Morocco. I’m traveling with a Remote Year, a remote work and travel program, and a week...

Back in July, fresh off the plane and with 50 IKEA bookmarks saved in Safari, I moved into my new flat in Paris. Upon my...