Away from her flies and waste samples, Marwa paid the spa a visit and to be honest while she was there nothing played in her head more than Shania Twain’s song: Man…I feel like a woman 🙂 Marwa’s visit to the spa was in line with her preparations to an exciting journey that she waiting …
Here is a quick recap on the soon coming to an end summer 🙂 My summer that started in Germany was quite busy and active. A very interesting event that I visited was the University 10th annual Science Nights that aims to showcase various and different scientific disciplines studied and researched by the university different …
Ladies and gents, let’s talk tonight a little bit about Dr Adi Lazos, a Mexican dear friend of mine. Adi earned a BSc. in Crop Science from ITESM Campus Querétaro and later on pursued an Erasmus Mundus International Master in Rural Development where she studied in Córdoba University (Spain), Pisa University (Italy) and Humboldt University (Germany). Adi who …
ZEF was our venue, an international intercultural hub in Bonn. The German Omani Association, Arabia Felix GmbH and the Embassy of Oman were our main donors, IHV Bonn were our partners, Saleh al Shukairi was our guest and the language we had in common was ARTS. My friend Hind and I thought of turning our …
After some 9 months spent mostly in Nairobi, Marwa was running out of batteries. It was difficult for her to sit on a chair and focus on her research while thinking that she is a few days away from going on a well-earned holiday and where else better than home for a soul therapy. Maya …
Sunday, late at night, Marwa finally returned to her Kenyan home after a wonderful experience in Berlin. Monday morning and just few hours later, she got up and exchanged the winter clothes in her suitcase with summer ones. She was exhausted, yet excited, sleepy but rather spent the night sleepless. As she walked out of …
I did mention previously on this blog that I have a thing for Berlin and that Berlin has some mutual feelings towards me. Well, Berlin’s call came a bit early this year and I once again returned to a city I enjoy visiting very much. The reason why I visited Berlin this time was to …
Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. (Author unknown) January 2016 was by far the month of adversity to the queen of black soldier flies. Marwa just managed to overcome the loss of some 50 thousand adult flies that were washed away …
I am writing this blog while fighting what seems to be a prolonged episode of a “writer’s block”. It was my intention to post some updates a couple of weeks ago, but the anxiety I have developed recently stopped me from doing so. I spend long hours in the molecular lab extracting DNAs, dissecting insects …