I Left Atlanta For The Middle East — Here’s Why I'm Much Happier

In 2020, Mikayla McGhee, 29, visited her father in Bahrain, a small island country located in the Persian Gulf. Two years later, she decided to leave Atlanta to live in the country full-time and today works remotely for a B2B SaaS company.

Check out Mikayla's YouTube channel here: ‪@TheBellaRose1‬
Check out Mikayla's TikTok channel here: @_thebellarose

Produced & Edited by: Raffi Paul
Senior Managing Producer: Eric M. Clark
Camera: Prakhar Deep Jain
Animator: Christina Locopo
Reporter: Celia Fernandez
Senior Production Manager: Kathy Mavrikakis
Additional Footage: Mikalya McGhee, Getty Images

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I Left Atlanta For The Middle East — Here’s Why I'm Much Happier