In a third instalment of her column Le Vendôme, Jasmine Eden Gray gives an overview of the Year Abroad experience, how things may not always go to plan but how that’s all part of the experience.

In the second instalment of her column about her Year Abroad in Paris, Jasmine Eden Gray explores the dangers and delights of the Paris Metro.

In the first installment of her column ‘Le Vendôme’, Jasmine Eden Gray recounts some of the many humorous interactions with the local Parisians that she has experienced on her year abroad in the city of lights.

MEA columnist Florence Coumbe explores the social and literary nuances of poetry in Arab societies through the lens of a student of the Arabic language whilst on her year abroad in Amman, Jordan.