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The Mock Trial Journey: A Blessing
This is what I wrote to myself after I had experienced one of the best weekends in my 1L year: Mock Trial Nationals. Circa Feb. 25, 2018.
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What Should be Syria’s Biggest Changes? There are 13.

These big changes do not necessarily require big actions. Here they are in list form. Change from a majoritarian system to a parliamentary & plurality/proportion based system, similar to Britain and France and unlike the United States. Why? To enhance diverse participation in government. Revert back to the 1950’s constitution and amend it from there.…
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Москва Day 2, Part 2: Wonders and Wanders

This day was all about Gor and Viktor Tsoi. Gor is a younger brother of a UCLA friend I met in freshman year. The UCLA buddy, David, is from Moscow. David would speak about Moscow every now and then, and I always enjoyed listening to him speak about it. At that time, however, Moscow was an…
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Москва Day 2, Part 1: Too Much to Learn

June 18, 2017. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jodutt Basrawi (@joduttbasrawi) I posted the above photo the day before after a long day of exploring. In its caption, I wrote that American schools sucked (i.e., did not adequately prepare) with teaching students about Russia. I’ll make a broader claim. The United…
