Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, is finishing his semester studying abroad in Cairo. Twice a month, he has shared his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. Next semester, he will return to GW, as the Office of Study Abroad did not approve his request to study […]
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. The first thing that goes through your head when you walk into the KFC in my neighborhood […]
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. “I don’t know, I’m not really from anywhere, my passport says U.S.A., but I’m never going back […]
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. “I not member of Hezbollah, but I support very much,” the manager of the restaurant said. He […]
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and – Office of Study Abroad permission pending – Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. “Hiiyyaa!” exhaled our guide Mohammed. It was the perfect […]
Junior Geoff Bendeck will spend the next two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and – Office of Study Abroad permission pending – Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW’s many expats. “Booosh Bad, Amer-e-can people guud.” It was not the first or […]
As the general lay on my bed with a gun resting on his chest, holding court in my bedroom, I began to wonder what I had gotten myself into. After a week in Cairo, and after seeing endless apartments, my roommates and I were about to sign our first lease on an apartment. Moktar, my […]
As a student of Arab descent, the Middle East has always been not only an interest but also a part of my culture and identity, yet I have never been there myself. In fact, not a single member of my family has returned since my paternal grandparents left Bethlehem in 1947. It was during the […]