life stories

It’s not the point of traveling is the simple answer, and whether you’re well-traveled or not, it generally makes you come off poorly; either “holier...

I still get so excited when post comes through my letterbox. I’ll run down the stairs imagining that I’m receiving a love letter from someone...

My whole life has been centered around two things: school and upholding expectations set by my deeply Habesha family. Growing up as the oldest of...

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;...

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...

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...

I saw the movie Memoirs of a Geisha a few plane rides ago. Wanting to learn something about the city and the culture I would soon be...

In a very un-me fashion, after being single for a while (not forgetting all the men I’d fallen hard for on holiday, in class and...

As I’m a student, I don’t have that much free time to see my best friend (Danielle). We’re super close, but in terms of geological location,...

“You’ve never been to Stonehenge?! How, when it’s right there??” This was just one of a few surprised statements I’d come to expect of my...

I had just finished two brutal weeks of exams, so the last thing I wanted to do was any more work. I had a week...

I rushed out of the house – late, as usual. I was supposed to take the morning bullet train to Nagasaki but I texted my...