Arabic Abroad

Ahhhh sweet freedom! After another six hours today, the last two being of grammar, it’s so nice to just sit and chill, even if all the early mornings are making me fall asleep in my Pinterest. But today has been…

So today was the first meal (except breakfast) where we didn’t have fries! Oh be joyful, I might only leave 3 stone heavier than when I arrived! One of my classmates commented this morning, on sampling yet another cup of…

Finally, we’re settling into a busy but predictable routine in the school – arrive, eat, study, drink tea, have class, eat, have class, go home. And yet, I can say with all assurance and conviction, it is so much fun!…

Hello readers! This will appear whenever our internet at the flat works. Which could be a little while. This is Tuesday as I’m writing, just so you can get your bearings if this doesn’t publish until 2015. Not totally out…

Phew! We’ll sleep well tonight! So today has been a weird mix of hard work and doing nothing. Yet even doing nothing in warm weather is effort! The hard work was embodied in a test so difficult that we didn’t…

I think the worst part of doing something absolutely crazy and new is the lull before all the activity begins. Since yesterday morning at 2am we’ve been running on adrenaline, trying to find our flight gate or our taxi or…

مرحباً (Hello!) So the time is ticking by until we head off to Heathrow, all packed and ready, and thanking the World Cup for killing the time (well played Italy, but it doesn’t mean we like you!). I won’t lie,…