My Birmingham: Saudi researcher Hanadi AlGarni gives us the lowdown on life in the UK’s second-largest city

DUBAI: Hanadi AlGarni is a 27-year-old researcher and innovator in biotechnology. She lived in Birmingham, England, for 18 months while she completed her MSc degree in Molecular Biotechnology at the city’s School of Biosciences. What’s the best thing about Birmingham? It’s a big city — the second-biggest in the UK — but it feels cozy. And the city center is small, which gives you the chance to familiarize yourself with places. What’s the worst thing about Birmingham? The roads. They’re a mess. It's a random city. Ghankol Shariff Masjid in the Small Heath area of Birmingham.