When Farkhunda Fazelyar (GU-Q’26) left Doha for a class trip to Cape Town, she expected an immersive academic experience. The war reshaped her trip almost immediately. “The strikes started on the first day of the program,” she said. “I remember going through the District Six Museum when a Student Life staff member pulled the GU-Q students aside to tell us about the news.” As tensions escalated and airspace closed across parts of the region, Fazelyar could not return as planned. Her short academic trip stretched into an additional week marked ...