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28 April 2021

In her own words: How studying abroad during a pandemic challenged me – and taught me vital lessons

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In her own words: How studying abroad during a pandemic challenged me – and taught me vital lessons

Yara Barakat, an Interior Design student at QF partner university Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, was studying far from home in the US when COVID-19 struck. This is her story of how the experience tested her resilience.

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