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Transportation and Segregation in Iran
By Bahar_Anooshahr on January 17, 2012“Move towards me Bahar, farther back please,” Mom kept telling me with a glare. It was my first time riding a bus in Tehran. Until then, I had only peered through the buses from the street, while trying to capture a photo of how men and women sit in separate sections
Shopping for Groceries in Iran
By Bahar_Anooshahr on October 23, 2011Mom, my favorite list maker, wants me to sit with her as she writes down her grocery list and add whatever I need to it. I don’t want to go shopping. Nothing against shopping, it’s just that in Iran it’s a production for a woman to go outside
Packing on a Penny for Bangladesh
By Lauren_Villa on August 22, 2011I just graduated college. Until August 11th, I am technically unemployed. I live with my parents. I have the McDonald’s Dollar Menu memorized. I siphon gas occasionally. That was a joke, but seriously I need to pack for Bangladesh on a penny
Surviving Kenya: A Mzungu’s Guide to Kakamega
By Nadine_Ajaka on July 11, 2011Karibu, Kenya! I’ve been here for about three weeks now, and it has been a journey. I have an internship at a primary school in Kakamega, a city in the Western province—and it is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It rains pretty much every day, and there is lush green landscape as far as the eye can see
Adventures of a Blonde and a Boy in Egypt
By claire on February 21, 2011This time last month I found myself en route to an ancient civilization. A boy compelled me to visit Egypt. I had met him at the end of last summer just before embarking to France and though we stayed in touch, we hadn’t seen each other in four months.

