Over two years ago, I published a blog entitled “Pilots: I don’t want to date one, I want to be one!” While I still live by the latter, last summer has showed me that …
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Volunteering: when doing good does harm
Volunteering has conventionally been linked to good people with good intentions. When done well, volunteering can benefit many people, communities, professionals and governments as well as raise awareness on social issues beyond the …
Benefits and disadvantages of being a nomad
You get to see the world You get to travel, a lot! You get to see places that some people can only dream of and you get to keep travelling. You get to …
You may say I’m a dreamer…
“Imagine no possessions…” When I was still a serial expat, I longed to have a place where I could settle a bit. I was moving to new places every six to eighteen months …
How to get a job with an NGO
Lately, I seem to be getting a lot of questions from people about how they can get a job with an NGO. Or how I got my job(s) with an NGO. I therefore decided …
What to love about Egypt
When I talk to people outside of Egypt and I tell them I live and work in Egypt, often they ask me questions like ‘What are you doing there?’, ‘Isn’t it hard to …
Bad landlords in Cairo
There are plenty of bad landlords in Cairo: the ones that refuse to fix things in the apartment, the ones that refuse to return your deposit, the ones that ‘forget’ the agreement and …
