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Mar
25
Yasmin Rahmani
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Las Fallas or Santander?

It’s truly an unfortunate predicament.  As a foreigner living in Valencia for the first time, missing Las Fallas is all but blasphemous.  It is arguably the most important week in Valencia.  However, thanks to some untimely planning, La Comisión Fulbright decided that this would be the week to have our obligatory mid-year meeting. Of course, only in Spain would a “mid” year meeting be held when the...
Sep
21
Yasmin Rahmani
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Why am I in Spain?

“…and to understanding the neural garden of Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s timeless metaphor ‘las células de formas delicadas y elegantes, las misteriosas mariposas del alma’ — cells of delicate and elegant shapes, the mysterious butterflies of the soul.” The above is from my Fulbright project proposal essay, and likewise, my favorite. Ramón y Cajal (note: that’s one person, not two) is...
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