The shift from High School to University was one of the changes I dreaded most. I’ve always feared leaving my comfort zone, and along the 15 years spent in my school, it turned into my second home, and the thought of leaving it felt too overwhelming.

Isn’t this what life is all about though? Isn’t it all about ending some chapters to continue writing the others and eventually the full story. Little did I know, ETIB was only going to become a new home for me. A home I felt happy in as I was pursuing my passion and building a future around it.

I’ve been a passionate writer ever since I learned my letters, and my pen and paper have been my best friends all along. I found solace in reading, as it felt like books were airplanes carrying me to different worlds all within the walls of my bedroom.

Whenever the world around me got too chaotic, I escaped to another world some author created for me, or I created a world of my own. Reading and writing were my leading guides for so long.

Years ago, I never thought I’d end up as a translation major. However, somewhere along the line, I realized that translation joined all my passions into one career. I wanted nothing more than to be able to read various writings and then rewrite them all in different ways. I wanted nothing more than to be able to portray the various images some write about to an audience they might not be able to reach.

With every translated text, even though I’m still a first-year student, I feel it deep down in my heart that this is what I’ve been born to do all along.

Nour el Kotob

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