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Gorgeous post! Thanks, Thomas - as a subscriber to 'The Cairo Dispatch' I really enjoy Sam's writing, and it's great to see her work on 'Soaring Twenties'!

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Thanks for this, TJB. I love travelogues!

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Beautiful essay, Sam! Thank you for sharing your journey with us, and for writing about it so intimately.

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Beautifully written!

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When I applied to go to UChicago in 2014, one of their specific college admissions essay questions was “Why are you here and not somewhere else?”

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Wooah, that was really good! Who doesn't want to be a protagonist in a foreign land? Guess some exposure to tonalities might be needed first...

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