 Welcome to Coffee Hour! International Coffee Hour gives me the chance to meet with many students different cultures from the United States and from all over the world. I was like I have to learn more about their countries and their culture and it's good luck to have these non-curriculum education let's see outside of classes and many times I will be like we will be best friends through this casual gathering. People will smile and say hi to strangers which was really uncommon in my culture. I was thinking it's hard to make friends but after coming here I feel like I don't have to make an effort. They introduce themselves and only to know me and it came really so easy that I thought about coming here as a student I have to focus first of all on my studies going to classes, accomplish my work then if I have time during the weekends I will be hanging out with friends. I've been able to go to a football game and first full of my studying here at UA and it was a good experience. I went with a friend from Germany to see how people are cheering and how people are really encouraging their football team and how they are singing and all the bands and all the things it was a great experience for me. I'll carry the football tradition, football pride I already have a job back there and I wanted to apply the research that I'm doing collaborating with other academic libraries in our countries and maybe with international academic institutions that works within these conflict zones areas to apply it to my hometown and also initiating a bachelor's degree program or a minor program in library science My name is Bahia Javel I'm from Palestine I study at the University of Alabama We're all tied!