Kazim Ali Susan Rich Summary

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Both Susan Rich, and Kazim Ali by the author talk a lot about their travels however their reasoning is very different but at the same time the similar. Kazim Ali was from the UK and was a writer, poet, and professor and flew often because of his dual Citizenship he had as well as how he consistently had to fly around for his job. Then there was, Susan Rich was a student given the Full Bright Scholarship and was able to go and travel to South Africa to live and experience life and live life to the fullest. Yet at the same time even with their initial motivations for traveling and going to these different places different places where not originally for the same reason, But they eventually their reason for their travel funneled in to the same

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