Great: A Day in the Life of an AUCian
‘Great,’ I whispered under my breath.
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Opinion
Viewpoints, commentary and perspectives from The Caravan
A Semester at Aarhus
Having to say goodbye to people who have become so close to me, and to a city that has given me all the freedom to be as independent as I could and yet still feel safe, was very painful.
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day: My Message From the Jungle
I even got a great discount on my gym membership, solely for being a woman in March. I was also told a few restaurants had female-only discounts and some places around town were serving free drinks.
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Denmark Diaries: On Both Sides of The Fence
When it was time to leave, I had the most difficult time understanding what I was feeling. I was happy to be going back home, but I couldn’t grasp the fact that this was the end.
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The Last Letter from Lebanon: Going Home
Distance does make the heart grow fonder, and so I am thankful the semester is finally over and that I made it out most importantly in one whole, physically and emotionally.
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Letter From Lebanon: No Home Away From Home
After 12 years in the same house, going up the same stairs every day and sitting down at the same table for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I was to say goodbye.
Read MoreRead This? Pretty Please? Thank You
From the minute they are born, women learn to be apologetic for subsisting in a man’s world. We are not only expected to apologize and beg to live but also be grateful when we are allowed to.
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Letter from Lebanon: Flowers from Concrete
In the middle of Bekka Valley, in a school with rubble instead of grass, and a refugee camp for neighbors, the girls radiated nothing but positive energy.
Read MoreDenmark Diaries: Chapter Three
Why was I going to Denmark? It was a country I knew nothing about, other than the fact that it was going to be the coldest weather I’d ever lived through.
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Denmark Diaries: Chapter Two
Little did I realize that I was one of the people that had let public anxieties about Arabs seep in, and reinforced that stereotype by acting in a particular way that would later appear crazy to me.
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