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Up Above the Nile So High

Originally published on St. Olaf's Her Campus Ole Abroad Blog. A point of perspective can vastly change how one views certain aspects of the world. I often get emails from home in concerned caps. “I SAW THE NEWS,” “ISN’T EGYPT DANGEROUS?” and, my favorite, “ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!” I have to note that while I will always appreciate the passionate concern from my friends and family back home, I sometimes cannot help but chuckle at what feels like, to me, overly dramatic reactions to

Fall Break in Oualidia

Originally Published on St. Olaf's Term in the Middle East Group Blog. The beauty of Term in the Middle East is how absolutely calculated and exquisitely planned it is. Sure, traveling is always an adventure, and we have, as a group, run into our fair share of minor bumps in the past few months, but, as a whole, we’ve been inherently fortunate to have the excellent team at the St. Olaf International and Off-Campus Studies office plan out our logistics – where we’ll lay our he