The Global Observer

Undergraduate student Pavithra Rajesh had to quickly move out of her dormitory and travel back to Bangalore, India, her hometown. Here’s her story.

Ramadan is the month when Muslims across the world fast from sunrise till sundown. It’s typically a month of prayer, reflection and community where where families gather to pray at the mosques, to share a meal and give to others.

But during this time of social distancing, many mosques, where Muslims are supposed to come pray together, are closed. Noaf Aldira, a British Muslim who lives in London, explains what Ramadan means to her and her family and how they are celebrating this special occasion during the pandemic.

Welcome back to Abroad in America. This week podcast’s contributor is editor Ha Ta who wrote an article about the difficult decision many international students have to make of whether to stay or leave their host country for home. In this podcast, Ha talks to Tam Nguyen, a 20 year-old student majoring in Business Administration Program at the Catholic University of Leuven Belgium. They talk about how Nguyen decided to come home and what life is like in a mandatory mass quarantine camp in Vietnam for people who return to the country from abroad. Enjoy our episode.

Welcome back to Abroad in America. This month, we want to dedicate this podcast episode to all the women we love out there because it is Women's History Month. We think everyone deserves a little break before we all dive back again into the COVID-19 news. We asked people to describe a woman that they admire in their life and why. Listen to our podcast to hear their answers.

Fun fact: Did you know that the majority of writers at The Global Observer are female? Happy Women's History Month to them too!

The Global Observer is excited to launch the first episode of our podcast titled Abroad in America. In Episode 1, we ask Chinese international students about their worries and the behavioral and attitude changes they face after the outbreak of the Coronavirus.