Author: Namreen Akhter Syed

Namreen is finishing her Master's in International Educational Development at the University of Pennsylvania where she is a UNESCO Fellowship Award recipient for 2018-19. Her final semester of studies comprises of a mandatory traineeship at UNESCO's Headquarter in Paris which is what her posts are about.
Conferences, Europe, IEDP, IEDP 18-19, Internship

November Blessings

My previous blogs for September and October, which detailed my arrival in Paris and my trainee-ship at UNESCO, were quite verbose. I have, therefore, decided for this third post to be a picture blog in chronological order. Side note: while we were still studying at Penn in Philadelphia, we would try and come up with instagram and twitter hashtags for IEDP (International Educational Development Program), … Continue reading November Blessings

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Europe, Internship

Present and Possible Futures, a Parisian outlook

Right before departing for my internship, I had a sudden realization of how Bilbo Baggins felt- wanting to sip tea and have second breakfasts at home but eventually being swept off to the grandest, most unwarranted, rewarding and life-altering adventure of his life. Okay, I did exaggerate here. Truth be told, I had found so much comfort and ease in Canada in the month of … Continue reading Present and Possible Futures, a Parisian outlook

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