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I write about medicine, migration, and becoming.
This blog holds reflections from the in-between — between countries, languages, and professional identities. It is a space for quiet progress, slow growth, and faith during long seasons of waiting.
Welcome to the journey!😉

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  • Waiting is Still a place

    I used to think that waiting was something to survive.Lately, I’m learning that waiting is a place a place where hope resides, where patience is constantly tested, where discipline is formed, and resilience quietly grows. But what happens when one stays in this place called waiting, and days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and…

  • When Progress is Quiet

    Like many highly motivated, high-achieving medical students, I imagined that graduation would naturally lead to the next step – starting my career as a doctor. It felt linear, almost guaranteed. Instead, my studies ended with displacement. I fled war and arrived in Switzerland carrying a temporary visa, a laptop, and the quiet hope that I…

  • Learning German as a Doctor: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What I Wish I Knew

    When I first arrived in Western Europe, I truly didn’t expect to encounter such a diverse range of languages in everyday life. Like many outsiders, I had assumed that everyone in Europe could speak only fluent English which, in retrospect, was its own funny misconception. I quickly realised that Europe, much like Africa, is an…