Once upon a time, in a world not so different from our own, humanity lived under the constant threat of mass surveillance. Governments and corporations used advanced technology to track and monitor every aspect of citizens’ lives, from their online … Continue reading Breaking Free From Mass Surveillance: Ameeba Saves Humanity’s Right to Privacy and Security of Personal Identity
Antigua is one of the most popular places in Guatemala. Known for it’s colorful streets and cultural experiences, this city should be on every globetrotter’s bucket list. In this article I will narrate my short but breathtaking experience visiting la … Continue reading My Trip Through Antigua, Guatemala
To Gizmo, Minnie, Teddy, and everyone else that contributed to making my childhood. “What is to give light must endure burning”- Victor E Frank. For as long as I can remember, you have never failed to bring me inner peace. … Continue reading Memoir: And in My Dreams I Will Always Find My Way Back to You in Las Vegas
For my dear friend Romain, who showed me the importance of understanding and will. This spotlight is yours. Based on Actual Events Whenever I reflect on my old life as a college student in El Cajon, California. I am temporarily … Continue reading Memoir: Perfect Target for Experiencing Racial Prejudice and Ignorance in El Cajon
A home away from home We arrive with nothing but a backpack, and we leave with happy hearts, full of new friends and with beautiful memories. Is it the ambience? Are the owners so kind that we become their friends? … Continue reading Hostels like Home Give Me a Sense of Belonging
As a native belle of the south, I fancy myself to have a lot of fondness for some of these particular haunts of the south that makes my heart yearn for this patch of dirt-no matter where I am in … Continue reading Savannah: Pearls of the South
Part I Two stories in one. Two attitudes in the same but different worlds. Monday morning welcomes partly sunny skies and mournful breakfast sandwiches. 8 a.m wake up call also calls for drip coffee from the same percolator machine on … Continue reading A Student’s Day in COVID Style
Walking Through Europe It was 2015, I was several years younger and the world was more open than it perhaps is now. My parents had saved enough money from their shared income to plan a holiday in Egypt. This was … Continue reading A Summer’s Journey Through Europe
Introduction: Interviews and Ethnography I had been fumbling with the ethics of constructing a life history. So I decided to narrate a life under influence. In university, I learnt that ethnography was the primary tool of an anthropologist. It is … Continue reading Lives Under the Influence: An Ethnobiographical Study