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The Achilles’ Heel of Idealization: What Leaving Home Taught Me About Broken Systems Everywhere

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The Achilles’ Heel of Idealization: What Leaving Home Taught Me About Broken Systems Everywhere

  • Nicoleta Geru

The grass is not always greener, or at the very least, the grass I stand on is not as dull as I perceived it to be. Progress is not leaving, but...

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My Great-grandmothers Never Saw the Sea

My Great-grandmothers Never Saw the Sea

  • Yana Peeva

Growing up, the world seemed open and welcoming to me. Yet the possibilities did not make me a dreamer, but an envious storyteller.

The Achilles Heel of Our Time and the Importance of Slowing Down in Perfect Days

The Achilles Heel of Our Time and the Importance of Slowing Down in Perfect Days

  • Chadi Saadoun

In a world obsessed and controlled by productivity, Hirayama's mindful existence and lifestyle in Perfect Days is the antidote to our fast-paced...

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My Great-grandmothers Never Saw the Sea

  • Yana Peeva

The Achilles’ Heel of Idealization: What Leaving Home Taught Me About Broken Systems Everywhere

  • Nicoleta Geru

Poetry: Everything was Perfect

  • Hamza Arshad

Are you trading intellect for comfort? Ask ChatGPT

  • Naisha Rajani

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Are you trading intellect for comfort? Ask ChatGPT

Are you trading intellect for comfort? Ask ChatGPT

  • Naisha Rajani

The comfort of having every answer you need at your fingertips, speedy and concise, is atrophying the critical thinking skills that make you human...

Why You Should Give Up on Your Dreams

Why You Should Give Up on Your Dreams

  • Mayada Abuhaleeqa

Giving up on our dreams is not the weakness we think it is and sometimes, letting go is best for everyone involved.

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Flow: The perfect study break film

Flow: The perfect study break film

  • Mayada Abuhaleeqa

A spoiler-heavy review of Flow, an animated adventure film of a cat coming from the ultimate crazy cat lady.

Music Column: Mythology Music

Music Column: Mythology Music

  • Yana Peeva

Timeless tales represented through music.

Poetry: Everything was Perfect

Poetry: Everything was Perfect

  • Hamza Arshad

What of the childhoods we never had?

Whose Knowledge counts? Epistemic Injustice In Universities

Whose Knowledge counts? Epistemic Injustice In Universities

  • Manoj Dhakal

Do social structures determine our status as knowers? As university students, are we the victims of epistemic injustice, or are we complicit in it?

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A Love Letter to Kazakhstan's Fading Flowers

A Love Letter to Kazakhstan's Fading Flowers

  • Mehraneh Saffari Anaraki

IM capstone exhibition “Rooted Realms” inspires care for the environment, not through fear, but through nostalgia and childlike curiosity.

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Nova of Celestoria: How Two NYUAD Students Turned Science into Story

Nova of Celestoria: How Two NYUAD Students Turned Science into Story

  • Mayada Abuhaleeqa

*Nova of Celestoria* is NYUAD’s first original graphic novel: a coming-of-age space adventure shaped by late-night writing sessions, real...

Achilles’ Heel in Cinema

Achilles’ Heel in Cinema

  • Chadi Saadoun

Achilles’ heel in cinema is far more common than people think. It is the constant search for more that leads the protagonist down a rabbit hole that...

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