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 UK PRISON OFFICERS' STRIKE10,000 members of the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) held a 24-hour strike in November across England and Wales... |  THE SHARING ECONOMY“Sharing” is a term thrown around loosely these days. In the digital age, it usually means allowing others access to online content... |  LAST DAY OF CARNEVALEWANDERING. This is the key mode of transport in Venice. Perhaps at times you simply place one foot in front of the other, allowing your legs to take you wherever it is that they will go... |
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 VENICEThe 4:30am wake-up call wasn’t all too bad. Undoubtedly, the three bottles of wine the night before—scratch that, a few hours before—sure made it easier... |  DEIR ISTIYAAnother year and another Halloween skulks by without much anticipation or disguises. Although I must admit... |  QALANDIYA CHECKPOINTWe reached the Nablus bus port in the late morning, and I with a bit more swagger in my walk than deserved... |
 WAHAT AL-BATHANHitting upwards of 35 C in mid-September, the invitation to a poolside BBQ was unquestionably alluring to us London folk, oh so susceptible to the indiscriminate heat. Yes, I realize that... |  FIRST TASTE OF PALESTINEIf perhaps I had forgotten in my sleep, the thick heavy heat that invaded my slumber forged the remembrance that I wasn’t in London anymore... |  NABLUS VIA TEL AVIVHardly able to contain my eagerness for the anticipated year of study abroad, I was too busy radiating with excitement to give a moment’s thought to all that I’d be leaving behind... |
 IN PREPARATIONI’ve known since applying for my double major that the degree would entail a year of study in two countries where... |  PRINCES' ISLANDSIndeed, sleeping in is generally mandated on holiday. However it may be my love-hate relationship with sleep or perhaps it’s my internal clock that prevents me from... |  BEBEK AND BALIK PAZARIThe two-hour time difference was especially palpable the morning after our arrival in Turkey. Whether it was the residual effects of a feeble jetlag or one too many shots... |
 ISTANBUL: TAKSIMArriving at Atatürk Airport and the subsequent bus transfer to the center of Istanbul was delightfully breezy, much unlike the atmospheric conditions that evening... |  SNOWBOMBINGWhat a week. Looking back, I can indeed say it was worth it, but that’s not to say there weren’t a few moments when I was willing to screw it all and forego my deposit... |  FREE RIDE TO SNOWBOMBINGSNOWBOMBING. Who could say no to a dance party on Alpine terrain? Better yet, I figured out a way to do it for freesies... |
 PB+N+BComing back after a lovely month-long holiday at home is plenty enough to drag anyone into a slump. Layered with an acute sense of seasonal affective disorder, severe jet lag... |  DUCK AND WAFFLEAfter hearing aplenty of the famed Duck & Waffle, dining at the UK’s highest restaurant made it to the top of my housemate’s bucket list. Little did I know that... |  SEAFARING IN DUBROVNIKThe idea of hiring a boat to explore the Dalmatian coastline was one of the key prospects that drew me to Croatia... |
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