Three different nationalities from two different countries in one city; porto. it all started there. mitra and i started our journey early in the morning, hopping on buses,planes and trains till we got to porto. as we wandered the streets to find our airbnb, clouds kept following us but it didn't matter. we had made it.the air was fresh, the sights

Growing up in a muslim country, i spent all my teenage years in an all girls school. i should mention that that was not by choice it's just simply how it is. boys and girls have no contact until they graduate from highschool and so basically they develope none of the social skills such as asking a girl out, or flirting, or just hanging out with the

I didn't post this directly on facebook for security reasons. this is the lyrics from the song "مستان - خدا را میشناسم از شما بهتر" "mastaan group - i know god better than you do ". this is the very first time i've translated anything so i'm open to any critisism. hope you enjoy this as much as i did. نه از افسان

I made a friend yesterday; a 9 year old friend. i had volunteered to help out children with their homeworks after school. yesterday was my first day and i was a bit nervous. my theme songs during the bus ride were all up beat and hopeful. as i wandered the streets to find the primary school the songs faded, and as i approached the school yard a who

After a short yet emotional visit back home, my life started to change in strasbourg. sun shone, new friendships formed and my love life renewed itself. daily schedules were modified to spend more time with these new characters in my life. there was so much to talk about, so much to discover and so much to comprehend. we were basically taking turns

I love stangers. i honestly do. i love first impressions and oh how i love that first conversation you have with someone you have just met. so here is a list of all my favorite strangers. (no names will be given but know that you will eternally be remembered by me.) the gentleman the very first american i ever met in life was a true gentleman. he w

It was one of those few times where almost all my cousins were united. my uncle had came from romania to stay with me for the weekend, one of my cousins flew in from canada and the other two were already here.we were all invited to have lunch with one of my uncle's closest friends.now anyone who knows my uncle would know better than to expect him t

Breathing far too heavily and getting my head dizzy. that's something i did often this summer. as i lay on the lumpy beach of newport with no sunscreen and no sunglasses i thought of how to stop the time. freeze it right there. maybe if i held still for long enough..there...frozen. but the heat made it hard for anything to freeze. i sat up and pick

As someone who wishes to be a blogger everytime i sit down to write something i feel like it has to be profound and meaningful. but life isn't always those things and so neither is this story. this post is absolutely egotistically about me and my new house. i've been in search of a new flat since september and i finally found a winner. as i had to

The music starts. he puts his hand on your lower back. he holds your right hand in his in a way that you're holding on. . you feel secure. you're locked to eachother for a few seconds. the introduction doesn't take long, not more than 10-12 seconds. and it's on. he synchronises his body with yours. he's not sure how far it can go, how much you can