As a child I watch my grandmother cook food smell of country, planting vegetable gardens and walks to market and sarcasm and tough love...

I arrive to Nakuru. It is extremely cold here. I was not mentally or physically prepared for the cold temperature. No one tells you it is...

I wake up this morning to the sound of school children and the milk vendors on donkeys and sunshine peaking through the window. I have...

I have been watching the news nonstop since I arrived in Cairo. I hear about a woman being raped at a train station. I take a long bath...

I met Emmanuelle over a year ago at university. She was an international student from Paris. I had just returned from my study abroad...

Last night, over ginger tea and chapati bread a friend asks me why I am always packing and leaving. I could blame it on my father’s...

During my previous travels to Africa, I visited unkempt health institutions, orphanages and slums where children are neglected, subjected...

I have always loved the idea of living in a big city. The panorama, the skyline, the energy. New York is known for its diversity,...

I had just finished my last final exam at university. A couple of hours later I was at the airport on my way to Sudan. The summer of 2011...

Wamasai Shule ya Msingi translates to Massai Primary School. Last summer (2012), Georgetown University granted me the opportunity to...

Today marks four years since I began my journey of faith and embraced the hijab, and six month since my decision to take off the...

When I returned to the U.S back in August from my four months of travels, landing in JFK New York City, I stood there with my checked...

The oceans collapse and waves timidly kiss the shore. I think of everything being washed away, the mistakes, the heartbreaks. We make...

My undergraduate career has finally come to an end. I searched the web on "how to survive in the real world" and learned that no one has...