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The Last Hurrah

So as I write my final entry to you all, I’m lying on my bed back in Moulsecoomb after almost 12 hours of travelling. Worn out, I’m reflecting on the last three weeks. And trust me, there’s a lot to

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“It’s the Final Countdown…”

It really hasn’t sunk in that this morning was our last class, and our last time at Qalam wa Lawh. I keep thinking back to our first morning when we realised with a shudder that we had to order breakfast

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Last of the Nafs Al Shay

I’ve been talking a lot about how it’s weird that we’re almost at the end of our trip, but today it went beyond words and genuinely felt like it was all coming too fast. We’ve said goodbye to our lovely

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Love, Grit, and Play School

And the days go on. It’s weird how, when you do ot every day, even the most amazing routine can become mundane sometimes. This time two weeks ago, we were buzzing about getting to learn Arabic sitting in a garden,

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Shomma

So you remember yesterday when I said that being out at Ramadan is like being out at Christmas amd that we couldn’t possibly miss out on the experience? Well, if 25 adolescent boys with big sticks and enormous non-foody appetites

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Lobsters at Ramadan

You know that moment when you’ve been lounging on the beach all day, confident in the powers of your factor 50 Soltan, and you wake up from a delightfully warm and sunny nap during which you dried out from your

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Feet on the Ground

Today was the first day in two weeks when we’ve been deliciously inactive. Not a single alarm was set, we read books in bed for an hour after we woke up, we ate a breakfast that we bought the day

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“Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow”

N.B. this is Friday. The WiFi (or WeeFee as we’ve affectionately begun to term it) isn’t reaching me, and frankly, the day was too tiring to get up and locate it. Please bear with. Well, the police didn’t come to

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Sand, Sea, and the Great Unexpected

Oh my goodness guys, bombshell imminent!! I could tell you menial things like the fact that we had ragees for breakfast after making them at cooking club yesterday, or that Billy is feeling better (which is actually good news), but

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My Life is an Open Kitaab

Last night, at the same time as deciding to watch another hour of CSI:Las Vegas, we decided that it was absolutely impractical to get up at 6:30 and that we were going to have a lie-in. So even though the

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