February 2012
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#studyabroad re-entry and how to deal →
From the fine folks at @ilovestudyabroad
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Doha News: Al Jazeera English wins UK award for... →
How great that @UMAbroad @UMNews got to #studyabroad on this topic with @APIstudyabroad!
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Britain’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has for the first time named Al Jazeera English its pick for news channel of year, beating out the BBC and Sky News.
Al Jazeera English, now in its sixth year on air, also took the prize for “Innovative News” program for its new social…
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Creative Ways to Pay for Study Abroad →
Great article by API Peer Mentor and HerCampus.com student rep Makena Sage!
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10 Things I've Noticed About Seville... So Far...
Allanah Wright is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Seville, Spain.
1. There are many types of different desserts.
2. Christopher Columbus is buried here.
3. The city is made up of beautiful architecture.
4. Lunch is the largest meal of the day.
5. The rumors are true. Sometimes the food really does stare back...
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U.S. Presidents also #studyabroad!
In honor of Presidents’ Day today, we’d like to refer you to one of our favorite blogs (www.sarahmcnitt.net), which regularly documents famous persons who’ve studied abroad (real and fictional). Did you know that John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. President) and Bill Clinton (42nd U.S. President) both studied abroad (along with numerous other important political figures)? Find out more...
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GoAbroad Innovation Awards - GoAbroad News →
Like #studyabroad? Love API and what we do? Consider nominating us for one (or more) GoAbroad.com Innovation Awards! Thanks :)
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Construction of Doha Metro due to begin in 2013 →
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Qatar Railways announced yesterday that the much-anticipated Doha Metro project will begin construction early next year.
A call for tenders on the project has already been delayed, but the company says they will awarded before the end of 2012.
Phase 1 of the Doha Metro, which includes a Red Line from the south of Doha through the city toward Lusail, is supposed to be completed in...
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Sharjah - Fest continues to light up minds,... →
Check out the Sharjah light festival!
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A semester of #studyabroad is just not enough!
Siobhan Neela-Stock is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Granada, Spain.
The first time the thought to study abroad popped into my mind I was a junior in high school. The wonderful language of Spanish had been introduced to me only a mere year ago. I had already tried my high school’s first two options of languages to study (Latin and...
HMC: Demand for nose jobs, other cosmetic... →
Interesting…
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The number young people turning to cosmetic procedures to improve their looks is on the rise in Qatar, says one doctor at Hamad Medical Corp.’s plastic surgery department.
Rhinoplasty in particular appears to have grown in popularity; HMC, which performs surgeries free of charge for nationals, has “thousands” of patients on a two-year waitlist for the procedure,...
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http://events.uri.edu/event/academic_programs_inter... →
Come see API #studyabroad at URI :)
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La calçotada
Colin Beacom is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on his adventures in Barcelona, Spain.
This semester really just seems to be flying by, I used to be pretty good at writing a blog by every Thursday but I seem to have been distracted and busy in the past few weeks by some very great people and intercambios (also people). Let’s get this blog started by...
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Sharjah Light Festival 'plays crucial role' - The... →
Wish we could’ve been there for this!
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10 Types of People Youll Meet in Your Program and... →
Humorous look into the 10 types of people you’ll meet studying abroad.
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Tips to enjoy your #studyabroad trip to Florence
Mallory Bazan is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on her adventures in Florence, Italy.
To Have and To Have Not
We have all been there. You are sitting next to the person who can do everything, because they have the money, because they got luck of the draw, because somehow, maybe, the universe just favored them.
And again we’ve all been on the other side of...
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Kanye West Set to Shoot New Short Film in Middle... →
Sweet! Kanye in Qatar ~
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The World Has Changed: Foreign Languages Make a... →
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API Student Contributor Colin in Barcelona
Colin Beacom is an API student contributor to our Tumblr blog, and will regularly report on his adventures in Barcelona, Spain.
Friends, acquaintances and anybody who might not fit into that group for whatever reason, welcome to another installment of my daily life. As far as lives go, I think I am really killing it, in the sense that I am really enjoying my days and appreciate all of the people...
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Doha News: Qatar population reaches all-time high... →
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The population of Qatar exceeded 1.76 million people at the end of January, a new all-time high for the rapidly developing country, according to newly released Qatar Statistics Authority figures.
The 1,759,227 figure, which represents the number of nationals and expats within Qatar as of…
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January 2012
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“Tartan Butler” Assisting Tourists With Ancestral... →
Are you Scottish? Can you prove it? This guy can help…
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