2019-08-31
As a person who grew up in Gaza and was born in Saudi Arabia to a family that has lived abroad for most of their lives and they originally descend from two occupied Palestinian Villages: Barbara and Deir Sneid, I always had a strong feeling of belonging to the world in general and Palestine in...
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I am sitting here writing my first blog, a little confused, and a little lost. I figured that a week at Global Launch would give me the proper motivation to write this. I had no idea how to write my blog before launch, and it seems that I have little idea how to write it...
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I have decide to take this bridge year in order to see the challenges that other nations are facing, but I did not know from where to start and if I was prepared to live in a foreign country, I have lived in a foreign country but, would not be the same thing because now...
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When I arrived at Stanford and kicked-off my global launch, I really did not know what to expect. I did not know what kind of mind set I should have. I did not know how socializing with a group of strangers would be like, nor did I know what to make of the eight months...
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From GMT+2 (Helsinki) to GMT+1 (Sarajevo) to GMT-7 (San Francisco) to GMT-5 (Quito). That’s my story. Originally from Finland where I grew up and studied until the first year of high school, I moved to Bosnia-Herzegovina, to Mostar, as I had just turned 17. I studied my last two years of high school in a...
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2019-08-31
Dear future, I have always wanted to know what you hold. As a matter of fact, we all wish we knew what’s going to happen next, how things are going to be tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, what we are going to be in ten years to come, etc. I am one of...
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Currently, I am sitting in my dorm at Stanford, and the plane for Ecuador is 8 hours away. I can only attempt to grasp and grab hold of all the feelings occurring throughout me, yet I am drawn to write in poetry-ish form to explain my thoughts and experiences here at GCY so far. I...
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