Current Affairs · Worldschooling
Canton Fair
Back in Guangzhou for the first time since 2018. Back then I was at a crossroads — struggling to decide whether to continue with my clothing brand, Ateaze, or move on entirely.
April 28, 2026 · 4 min read
Current Affairs · Worldschooling
Dubai
It's been a while since I've sat down to write, but what prompted this was the recent events in Dubai. Looking back, my relationship with the city has been a strange, evolving one.
April 05, 2026 · 2 min read
Current Affairs · Reflections
China. My fourth home!
The one thing I'm profoundly grateful for is the ability to think freely, unbound by place. Three months in China, working on two books, and the language is slowly coming.
January 31, 2026 · 3 min read
Current Affairs · Worldschooling
Final blog post for 2025
We started last year at Whiteface Mountain in New York — Lake Placid. We visited the historic ice hockey rink, went skiing with my nieces, and began a year that took us everywhere.
January 01, 2026 · 4 min read
Travel · Worldschooling
From Richmond Hill onto the Middle Kingdom: Our Whirlwind Move to China
We finally did it. We left Richmond Hill. After nearly seven years of pouring our hearts into renovating a heritage property, we packed up and moved to China in a matter of weeks.
November 05, 2025 · 4 min read
Current Affairs · Worldschooling
On Screens and Silence
Today I bought myself a 15-inch screen. It runs off USB-C and draws power directly from the device. Small upgrade, unexpected thoughts about how we consume everything now.
September 25, 2025 · 2 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
Benin, Africa
When we were in Dakar, Senegal, we were not for the life of us thinking that we would make it to St. Louis. I had heard things about St. Louis — maybe even mystical things.
July 24, 2025 · 2 min read
Travel · Worldschooling
Reflections from the Road: From Bradford to the Inner Self
It's been a while since I've written, but this trip through the UK stirred up thoughts that needed to be put down. We started in London, drove through the countryside to Bradford.
July 03, 2025 · 4 min read
Current Affairs · Worldschooling
From Rome to the UK: A Day of Trains, Transits, and Truths
We landed in the United Kingdom today, around noon, arriving at Edgware Road. The transition from Rome to London has been jarring in the best possible way.
June 14, 2025 · 2 min read
Worldschooling
A Week in Italy: Pasta, Parks, and Ponderings
Seven days in Italy — pasta, piazzas, and more questions than answers about beauty, excess, and what we're all chasing. The kids got a lesson no classroom could give.
May 23, 2025 · 2 min read
Worldschooling
Boars, Boycotts, and Brandy Melville: Our Fifth Country on the Road
Last night, on the way back from Carrefour 24-hour, we stumbled upon something wild. Our fifth country on the road and the lessons are coming faster than we can process them.
May 17, 2025 · 3 min read
Travel · Worldschooling
The Price of Convenience — Why Cash is King, and Interest is the Enemy of Peace
Cash is disappearing. Interest is everywhere. And I think both trends are quietly destroying something essential about how people live and relate to money and to each other.
May 09, 2025 · 5 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
Granada: Blood, Beauty, and the Echoes of La Ilaha Illallah
I'm sitting in Granada, Spain — where the air hums with ghosts. Not the kind that frighten you, but the kind that whisper in arches, gardens, and fountains.
May 09, 2025 · 3 min read
Current Affairs · Worldschooling
From Minarets to Monkeys: A Walk Through Morocco's Paradoxes
Morocco doesn't let you simplify it. From the ancient medinas to the mountains, every corner holds a contradiction — sacred and profane, local and colonised, ancient and wired.
May 08, 2025 · 3 min read
Worldschooling
Catching Up: From Casablanca to Midelt
A week of covering ground across Morocco — the Al Boraq train, the Atlas Mountains, cities that don't care if you're watching. Here's what we saw and what it cost us.
May 03, 2025 · 4 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
The Prison of the Mind (and Why It Ain't Always the West's Fault)
It's easy to blame the West for everything. But some of the heaviest chains are the ones we've forged ourselves — the mindsets we inherited and never once thought to question.
April 19, 2025 · 2 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
Free your mind...
The most dangerous prison is the one you build for yourself. And the bars are invisible — they're made of fear, habit, and other people's opinions passed down as fact.
March 29, 2025 · 3 min read
Travel · Worldschooling
How Much Does It Really Cost to Travel to West Africa? A Family's Journey from Morocco to Mauritania and Senegal
A real budget breakdown for our family's overland journey from Morocco through Mauritania and into Senegal. The numbers will surprise you — mostly in a good way.
March 28, 2025 · 9 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
From Buses to Business: How I'd Do West Africa Differently Next Time
If I did West Africa again, I'd skip the shared taxis, hire a driver, and stay longer in fewer places. Here's everything I'd change and why it took doing it wrong to understand that.
March 28, 2025 · 6 min read
Reflections · Worldschooling
From Desert to Baobab: A Worldschooler's Journey Through Senegal's Roots, Trees, and Flavors
When we crossed from Mauritania into Senegal by road, I could feel the land changing — not just in its colour and heat, but in its soul. The architecture shifted. The food changed.
March 26, 2025 · 3 min read
Worldschooling
More Isn't Always Better – A Worldschooler's Guide to Economics, Happiness, and Sharing Naan
We shared one naan between four people and everyone was satisfied. The lesson took a road trip across three continents to finally sink in — but it did.
March 23, 2025 · 6 min read
Worldschooling
Worldschooling & Money: How to Get and Make Money While Traveling
For worldschooling families, one of the most important things to figure out is how to keep money coming in while you keep moving. Here's what's worked for us.
March 19, 2025 · 6 min read
Worldschooling
Longest bus ride of my life
The longest bus journey of my life: Tangier to Dakhla. After a record-breaking 36-hour ride spanning the length of Morocco and into the Western Sahara, everything shifted.
March 17, 2025 · 3 min read
Worldschooling
Worldschooling Through Economics: PPP, GDP, and the Cost of a Camel Ride Across North Africa
One of the best parts of worldschooling is learning about real-world economics — not through textbooks, but by experiencing how money works differently in every country we visit.
March 17, 2025 · 5 min read
Worldschooling
Navigating Cultural Identity in a Divided World
How a Pakistani Canadian brown Muslim feels travelling by road through the Western Sahara — and what it teaches you about identity, perception, and the stories we inherit.
March 17, 2025 · 4 min read
Worldschooling
Tangier: The Gateway to Africa and Our First Worldschooling Stop
After months of preparation and anticipation, we finally embarked on our first major worldschooling journey on February 7th. We left Toronto on a direct Royal Air Maroc flight.
February 15, 2025 · 4 min read
Worldschooling
India-Pakistan Partition for Dummies (Inspired by Chakk De Phatte)
The India-Pakistan Partition is one of the most significant and tragic events of the 20th century. But if you bring it up in North America, chances are you'll get blank stares.
February 13, 2025 · 3 min read
Worldschooling
Worldschooling Adventures: Strengthening Family Bonds
A grateful heart in constant motion. As the year winds down, I find myself reflecting on what worldschooling has done not just for the kids' education, but for us as a family.
December 25, 2024 · 3 min read
Worldschooling
Taos Pueblo: A Window into History and Humanity
The road to Taos was an adventure of its own, winding through old villages and breathtaking landscapes. We took a detour to a Christmas market before reaching Taos.
December 25, 2024 · 2 min read