by Maya Kraidy | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! My second (and last) week in Singapore was full of trying not to get lost, trying not to sweat, and trying to understand languages I don’t speak. I spent a few days walking around more of Singapore’s cultural nodes like Arab Street and Haji Lane as...
by Maya Kraidy | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
It is only my fifth full day in Singapore and there’s already so much to say! After Wales, South Africa, and now Singapore, left-hand traffic rules have almost become second nature to me. It wouldn’t feel morally right to create a blog post about Singapore and not...
by Maya Kraidy | Jul 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Language is always there in the background, quietly shaping space and movement, whether people talk about it directly or not. During my first interview, I learned that Ditsong Museums (operating across Pretoria and Johannesburg) have an official language policy...
by Maya Kraidy | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello from Qatar! It’s been a while since my last post – I wanted to get one uploaded before leaving South Africa but interviews, exploring, and packing for this 22-hour journey (of which I’m currently in the middle) caught up to me. I’m writing this blog post...
by Maya Kraidy | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
…And the aforementioned Tuesday is already upon us. I did not, as I had previously planned, visit Table Mountain today – instead, I spent all day yesterday on a 9-hour tour that took me to numerous landmarks (including Table Mountain) around the Cape Peninsula!...
by Maya Kraidy | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello from South Africa! I landed in Cape Town on Wednesday morning, and since then, most of my time has been spent sheltering from the rain. It was mostly clear on the day I arrived, but we had a few storm warnings today, and it’s supposed to keep raining until...
