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This piece is a follow up to last week’s post, ‘Does studying abroad live up to the expectations?’ If you still haven’t read it, click here.  The response to the previous piece was unexpected! Many friends have reached out since, relating to what I went through, some even asking for advice on how to surviveContinue reading “Surviving the Hardships of Living Abroad”

As an Arab high-school student, the very idea of going to university usually goes side-by-side with studying abroad. It feels like the ‘dream’ we would sign up for without hesitation or second thoughts, for it represents independence and freedom from all the Arab cultural restraints.  Many people, however, do not realise what it actually takesContinue reading “Does Living Abroad Live Up to the Expectations?”