BUCKET LIST: ALPHORN HAS GOT ME BLOWN AWAY

As a child, growing up in Cairo, I read about faraway places. One of the most fascinating things to me were how the villages communicated with each other by Alphorns. It was something that I wanted to do every since and finally, during the YES course , our group was taken on a walking tour of Switzerland villages. Just being

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SWITZERLAND THE LAND OF COWS, CHOCOLATES AND CHEESE

I was so excited and ready to embark on a trip of a lifetime – the land of cheese, chocolate and cows! As many highly anticipated trips start, this one was not much different. First, I mixed up the dates of my trip and discovered I was leaving a day earlier than planned! So off I went in a flurry,

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM RUNNING MY FIRST TRAINING WORKSHOP

As the National Learning Coordinator for the Salaam program for AIESEC , I am amazed at the amount of work that is needed and required! Even more unbelievable is the Reception Weekend is upon us and the introduction of all the new interns is here! A new group of interns that will be taking part in the Salaam program as

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BUCKET LIST: WIN A SCHOLARSHIP

I was never the best student in school. Even though I knew that I was never to be honored by winning a scholarship because of my grades, I was determined to not let that keep from experiencing life to the fullest and do the things that I wanted to do. This year, I won my first scholarship! The day our

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MY FIRST ENTRY

I am now managing an exchange program in AIESEC between the US and Egypt. The program called Salaam comes from the Arabic word called Peace which focuses on promoting cross cultural understanding. We received a grant from USAID where all participants need to blog about their experience. As the National Learning Coordinator for the program, I decided to walk the

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