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< p > Alan lived and worked in Kenya for eight years, first as a volunteer teaching computer science at a rural college, and later as a Linux systems administrator at a < a href = "https://www.ilri.org" > livestock research institute in Nairobi< / a > . During his time in Kenya he traveled extensively around East Africa and < a href = "https://alaninkenya.org" > blogged about his experiences< / a > . He is passionate about open-source software, information security, and the freedom of information < a href = "https://mjanja.ch" > blogs about that too< / a > .< / p >
< p > After spending some time living in (and < a href = "https://englishbulgaria.net" > blogging about< / a > ) Bulgaria, he finds himself living in Jordan. These are his stories.< / p >
< p > You can < a href = "/contact/" > contact him< / a > .< / p >
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