#Nerd | Black Girls Abroad

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Shopping in Istanbul

Istanbul gave me plenty of shopping options and experiences when it came to shopping. Here I'll run down a list of some of my shopping e

11 min

Art and History Heaven

If you love history, you’ll enjoy what Istanbul has to offer. If you love art and history, you’ll love what there is to find in Istanbul. I

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So the Parthenon is Just...There?

Athens was like an art history book come to life, not just in a Reading Rainbow meets History Channel kind of way, but in an ultimate immers

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Widespread Dust

Oh yeah, the weather forecast in Qatar could sometimes be a bit more than “sunny”, “cloudy”, and “rainy”. So, what was the weather like? Bet

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Peace in the Middle East (Safety Part II)

Alright, the topic in Qatar (and the Middle East in general) is like a big ol’ ball of interconnecting knots. It’s a lot of information with

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Peace in the Middle East (Safety Part I)

Alright, the topic of safety in Qatar (and the Middle East in general) is like a big ol’ ball of knots. It’s a lot of nuanced information th

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Academic Curveballs (Preparing to Be an Exchange Student)

Alright, this article is especially for Richmond students planning to study in Doha through the VCUarts Departmental Exchange Program. Why

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Mais Je Ne Parle Qu'Anglais! (Language in Morocco)

Wait . . . what? The languages spoken in Morocco are Arabic and French with some Berber Amazigh scattered here and there. That said, when it

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What's Your Idea of a Third World Country?

The term “Third World country” is outdated, but it was how people described Morocco to me in 2017. After experiencing Morocco, though, I qui

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Eating Bread and Traveling at Warp Speed

My first time out of the country coincided with my first time flying. How did that go? Considering I did everything wrong, it could have bee

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