Tag: memoir
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Day In The Life 1: The Zoo
A day in the life as a humanitarian aid worker in the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp. I arrive to the office at 7:45 with my to-go coffee in hand, from Rumi, my favorite café down the street. Americano, a little bit of milk. It’s one of those mornings I enjoy getting to the office…
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Why I Moved Halfway Across The Globe At 22
And what happens when you say yes to absolutely everything at work. When Relief Work Global offered me a job right out of college, I was very excited. I had interned with them when I was a junior, studying abroad for a semester in Amman, Jordan. I had really loved my internship, loved the organization…
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If It Was Just The War
Medford, MA – April 2020 It is hard to watch COVID-19 unfold everywhere because you know it will get worse, and there is nothing you can do. I feel helpless watching the case numbers go up and up. The tree outside my window is blooming with tiny white flowers. It’s beautiful. I wish I knew…
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When I’m in America, I Miss My Husband
And when I’m with my husband, I miss America. Woburn, MA – May 2020 As I wrote last week, at the end of 2019 I moved back to the US after living in Jordan for four years. I moved in with my sister and other housemates in Medford, MA, a suburb of Boston. About two…
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The Day Rafat Left for Canada
Or: My Crash Course in Having a Poker Face Zaatari Camp and Amman, Jordan – 2018 Rafat and I are sitting on the bench outside the kitchen trailer. It’s sunny and warm – April. Zaatari is just a massive trailer city on an otherwise empty stretch of desert flat land, so the afternoon sun always…
I would never wish divorce on anyone. Not even my worst enemy. I’m glad you have a black bear cub!…