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Postcard to SOAS from India

Postcard to SOAS from India

Dafydd Vaid, BA Linguistics & South Asian Studies (Hindi Pathway) I’m on my year abroad in India, studying Hindi in Jaipur, Rajasthan. I just got back from visiting friends and family in Delhi, and I’m in a café, trying to write a Postcard to SOAS. But in my

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: A Week in Andalusia

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: A Week in Andalusia

Syraat Al Mustaqeem, BA English Let’s set the record straight – I’m no exchange student. I’m just a Londoner remembering SOAS while away and sending my thoughts back home. My time in Andalusia, Spain was not long but so packed with culture that I left feeling I knew

Postcards to SOAS: Japan

Postcards to SOAS: Japan

By: Bryony Mirus, BA Japanese and Music My name is Bryony, but I am known to everyone as Bree! I am an English/Australian/Ukrainian studying Japanese and music, and I am currently on my year abroad in Tokyo, Japan. I grew up in Australia, and returned to England to

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: Egypt

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: Egypt

By: Amina Abubakar Ali, BA English Literature and Arabic I am a British-Somali, currently studying Arabic, on my year abroad in Alexandria, Egypt. Before I started my year abroad, my friends and family questioned how I felt, as a Black woman travelling to the Arab world. My experience overall has

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: Jaipur

POSTCARDS TO SOAS: Jaipur

Where: I am currently on my year abroad in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, studying Hindi at the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). AIIS specialises in immersion-based language courses throughout India, mainly aimed at American university (undergraduate, postgraduate and PHD) students. Jaipur is the capital of the state of Rajasthan in