Living in Cairo during her year abroad, Staff Writer Daisy Wright has seen first-hand how the Egyptian state is attempting to reclaim the desert through the construction of dystopian satellite cities. In this column she explores what that means for the future of Egyptian society.

With the open eyes of someone living in a majority Muslim country for the first time in her life, Daisy Wright reflects on the way the holy month of Ramadan changes the city which she lives in.

In the second instalment of her column, written on her Year Abroad, Daisy Wright gives her take on the debate about environmentalism in the Egyptian context.

In her sixth instalment for the CLC, Eve Mayes tells us about the contemporary artist Alpysbai Kazgulov, who blends together past and present forms of Kazakh life in enthralling compositions. And, he let her interview him for her YAP!

Year Abroad student Daisy Wright explores the intricacies of getting to know a new home in the first instalment of her column.

In her fourth instalment, Eve Mayes muses on British communicative customs, and how they have become unfamiliar to her as a result of living abroad.

In her third and final instalment of the term, columnist Eve Mayes takes us with her on her travels beyond Astana.

With her new perspectives on Kazakhstan, Eve Mayes takes us on a hurtling tour of Almaty as she finds her feet in her home.