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It’s the first time that I visit the U.S. Before that I was so scared about what will happen to me, after flying by the airplane form Qatar to the U.S, which took us 16 hours, we had to rush because there was no time to catch the other plane. But we made it by [...]

    So I had this offer of going on a trip. Should I go or should I not, I kept asking myself. And the problem was that I only had about 10 hours to think about it, and since I got that offer just before midnight, I had to take 8 of these 10 [...]

I still remember pretty well the day I packed for camping. I never tried this before. I never tried kayaking, swimming in the ocean, or camping. I admit that I felt scared in the beginning. However, I was telling myself that there is always a first time, and this is my first time. I slept [...]

The eighth day. Eight has always been a joyful number for me, ever since the eighth day of August, the day I was born. On this eighth day of Ocean for Life, it is even more joyful. This eighth day is scented with the salt spray of the Pacific as it dissipates on sharp sea [...]

  Most people would start their blog post by describing their experience in general, and would give an overview of their events for the past day or week. But I tend to bend the rules; I always try to enter the building from the back door, I always try to view my thoughts from a [...]

This week was full of action and surprises. Everyday was different. School on Monday through Thursday until 1230 and then lunch, sometimes at home. After that we were treated to presentations about all sorts of things. Monday was about Berber culture and language. This was cool and made me really want to learn Tamazight, a [...]

  This was a last minute thing when QFI told me that I will be joining the OFL program! When I got a message, it was like 3am in Qatar, so I went screaming and I woke up everybody in my house! The Ocean For Life program made a huge impact in my life. It [...]

A few days ago we arrived from different countries, cultures, backgrounds, and traditions to one place. We were distributed into several teams in order to know more about each other to do tasks. We started learning new things about the ocean and how it played an important role in our every day life. We started [...]

  Sorry I haven’t written in a while but there have been some late nights, lots of homework and lots of activities.  I’ll start with the facts of whats been happening. Starting with the other half of the Rabat trip. We had class every day until 5 and afterwards we had free roam of the [...]

I’ve been off the radar for a while and I’m very sorry, but don’t worry. I’m ok and having a great time. There’s just not enough time in a day. It takes discipline to keep awake long enough to do this every night. But from now on I won’t miss a day unless something seriously [...]