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  • From Colombia - S1 To the UK

    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.


    Support Cristina on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cristina_rojas_yoga/) and Medium (https://medium.com/@cristinarojascolloridi).


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    Music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com

    53 min
  • Expats in the Gulf - S1 To the UK

    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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    Music by Kevin MacLeod from incompetech.com

    40 min
  • From Greece - S1 To the UK

    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

    41 min
  • From Egypt - S1 To the UK

    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

    41 min
  • Trailer - towards cultural awareness

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

    8 min
  • From Zimbabwe - S1 To the UK

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

    50 min
  • Mohamed Rajab (2) - بالعربي

    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😲


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

    54 min
  • From Lithuania - S1 To the UK

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

    39 min
  • From Nigeria (#AfricaPodcastDay) - S1 To the UK

    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

    54 min
  • Aya Arafa - بالعربي

    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

    1 hr 35 min

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Weekly stories of international student experiences in the UK, as lived by people from all around the world. Tune in for perspective #culturalawareness