This episode features Cristina from Colombia. She moved to the UK to do her bachelors and masters degrees in MedChem, Biotech and Business. Her 5-year UK journey was not as smooth as she thought it would be. She struggled, but she came out stronger than she ever was.

Cristina is now in Colombia with her family. She is a certified yoga teacher and writes professional articles on Medium as a hobby.

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Music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com

This episode features Marwan & Kumail, an Egyptian and a Pakistani who lived most of their lives in the Gulf countries, and moved together to the UK. They initially moved for university education, and after graduating they started a tech start-up together in the UK. Now they've moved to full-time work (still in the UK!).

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This episode features Evangelos from Greece. He moved to the UK to pursue his university education thinking he'd fall in love with the country as he'd always imagined. He ended up facing language barriers, culture-shocks and inability to adapt to the environment.. so much that he was seriously considering quitting university and returning to Greece!

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All the "background" sounds in this episode were personally recorded in Athens airport and in flights to and from Athens. Music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com

This episode features Abdelmoneim from Egypt. He narrates his story of moving from El Mansoura (Egypt) to the UK as an 18-year-old to pursue university education. He shares very insightful stories of the highlights and struggles he faced during his 4 years journey in the UK as an Egyptian.

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All the "background" sounds in this episode were personally recorded in the streets of Cairo on 16/03/2020. Music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com

After 12 episodes of trial and error, the future of the podcast is now clear. In this episode, find me rambling about why I started the podcast and what do I aim to achieve from it.

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This episode features Takura - a Zimbabwean national. He was born and raised 18 years in Zimbabwe, an economically unstable country where 34% of the population is currently under extreme poverty. In this episode, Takura shares truly eye-opening stories. From his family having to cross borders to get groceries, to moving to the UK to study and fly planes. Takura reflected on his 5 years in the UK and how they changed him.

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ثالث حلقة من سلسلة بالعربي (وتكملة أول حلقة) مع محمد رجب - في الحلقة دي اتكلمنا عن مشوار رجب في الشغل وريادة الأعمال. من شخص المجتمع شايفه بيلهو على الفوتوشوب وساقط ٥ مواد في تانية اعدادي..

لمؤسس أنجح براند شرابات في مصر، ومؤسس شركة اعلانات في ماليزيا، ومهندس معماري، وجرافيك ديزاينر. وهو لسه عنده ٢٢ سنة بس!

شخص عظيم وقصصه ملهمة جدا😲

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This episode features Marija - a Lithuanian national. She was born and raised in Lithuania and decided to move to the UK when she's 18 to be faced with culture shocks and language barriers. 

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This episode features Wisdom - a Nigerian national. He was born and raised in Nigeria while his parents were away. He only followed them to the UK when he turned 15, to be faced with massive culture shocks, language barriers and 24/7 electricity! After almost 8 years in the UK now, my guest talks about his experiences of the life in Nigeria, how he managed to adapt to the move from mainland Africa to London, UK job application process, and other exciting topics.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod

تاني حلقة من سلسلة بالعربي مع ايه عرفة - شابّة مصرية اتغرّبت من سن ال١٧ في أوكرانيا. عاشت هناك سنة ونص قبل ما تتعرض لعنصرية وتنقل دراستها لروسيا لمدة كام شهر. كانت تجربة سيئة فا رجعت مصر شوية، ودلوقتي بتدرس في ماليزيا. حلقة لذيذة جدا ومليئة بقصص مشيّقة يارب تعجبكو وتستفيدو منّها.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod

This episode features Bhav - a Mauritian national. He was born and raised in Mauritius as a first generation citizen. He shares his troubles with belonging and the internal "beef" between different Mauritian races. Bhav takes us on a journey from the "paradise" of a country he lived in.. to the UK - where he studies Law in university, maintains an active interest in stock investment by self-studying while maintaining a part-time job, a healthy lifestyle AND a girlfriend!

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod

This episode features Mahesh - a Nepalese national. Born and raised in Nepal, he moved to the UK where he currently resides and owns a marketing company. Mahesh speaks about his life in Nepal as a kid, and how his Nepalese identity has developed through living away from his home country. He also talks about how he realised formal education was not meant for him, deciding to quit uni and invest in "real" education that helped him start his business and become the successful person he now is.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod

أول حلقة من سلسلة بالعربي مع محمد رجب - مؤسس شركة توت سوكس للشرابات. محمد شاب مصري عاش ١٨ سنة في السعودية قبل مايسافر على ماليزيا من ٣ سنين للجامعة.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod

This episode features Tavellas - a Cypriot national. He lived in Cyprus for 20 years, followed by 7 years in London of work and studies. He currently resides in Manchester. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod.

This episode features Karim - an Egyptian national. Born and raised in Egypt for 8 years, he then moved to Qatar for 10 years. At the age of 18, he went to the UK for university and later also work. Happy new year!

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod.

This episode features Mohsin - an Indian national. Born and raised almost all his life in the UAE (Dubai), he moved to the UK at the age of 19 for university.

Music from https://filmmusic.io "Protofunk" by Kevin MacLeod.

This episode features Nameer - a Pakistani national. Born in Pakistan, raised in Saudi Arabia, and moved to the UK at the age of 18 for university where he still currently resides for full-time work.