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| Age: 32 |
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| What is your current occupation? |
| travel writer |
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| What are you studying at AWAI (travel writing,
photography, import/export, or all three)? |
| travel writing |
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| What was your first successful article or photo about
and where did it appear? |
| It was about the oldest souk (market) and museum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and it appeared in International Living on 24th May, 2007. |
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| What are you working on now? |
| I'm working on a wedding article and more travel articles. |
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| What has been your proudest writing, photography, or
import/export moment? |
| My proudest moment has been that my very first article, which was my first send-in assignment for the travel writing course, got published just 5 months after I started the Ultimate Travel Writing course. It really gave me a boost and encouraged me to work even harder for future articles. |
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| Please give us an example of how your life has
changed since becoming a travel writer, photographer, or
import-exporter. |
| It really hasnt changed much, except that getting published has boosted my self-confidence and belief in positive thinking. |
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| What success tip would you like to share with your
fellow AWAI members? |
| I think that diligence, hard work and determination of course help and are necessary, but also, thinking positively and focusing on the work at hand is essential. It can be easy to procrastinate and become discouraged, but if you instinctively know your article or idea to be a good one, then stick with it and see it through - don't give up on it. |
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| When did you realize you were living the writer’s or
photographer’s life? |
| When I realized that I'm always traveling for one reason or another, and that I enjoy traveling and writing, so why not combine the two? |
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