"After I decided to read L'Etranger by Albert Camus, the character of Meursault accompany me wherever I go," Gheed El Bizri writes. "I think of his displaced responses, absurd thoughts and psychological detachment from the world around him."

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As I lost bonds I thought were meant to last forever, I also reconnected with friends back home to whom I haven’t talked in a long time. Connecting and reconnecting are healing to my heart. I gave myself some time and space to understand that losing and gaining friends was normal. 

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Now that I am here and my dream came true, miles away from Lebanon, I understand how much I love my country and can’t distract my heart from missing it.

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