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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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  • 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…