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NYUAD, You Need More Student Input on Covid-19 Policy

opinion

NYUAD, You Need More Student Input on Covid-19 Policy

  • Ella Benfield

This is a time when we need clearer, more consistent communication, and students, understandably, are upset when major changes are poorly...

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Why Did NYUAD Prioritize Yas Mall and Spinneys Over WTC and Al Wahda?

Why Did NYUAD Prioritize Yas Mall and Spinneys Over WTC and Al Wahda?

  • Abhyudaya Tyagi

The racial and class privilege of most of the NYUAD administration precludes its ability to make decisions in accordance with the wider interests and...

“Holistic, Empathetic and Accommodating”: Seniors Request Changes in Capstone Policies

“Holistic, Empathetic and Accommodating”: Seniors Request Changes in Capstone Policies

  • Ella Benfield

The Capstone Project is the culminating experience of a student’s time at NYUAD, but has been greatly disrupted by Covid-19. Seniors have raised a...

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Jazz: Revolution and Freedom

  • Sarah Al Yahya

Leftist Politics Should Prioritize Lived Experiences over Theory

  • Ibad Hasan

India Bleeding: 250 Million Farmers Fight Back

  • Vatsa Singh

Valentine’s Day Movie and TV Show Recommendations from The Gazelle

  • Angad Johar

features
For The Women We Love and Celebrate: An Ode to Female Friendships

For The Women We Love and Celebrate: An Ode to Female Friendships

  • Gelila Kebede

To be loved platonically is undemanding and unconditional. These moments shouldn’t be valued less than a bouquet of roses. They mean just as much,...

 Falcon Finance: A Student’s Guide to Investing

Falcon Finance: A Student’s Guide to Investing

  • Anna Oura

    ,
  • and

    Maryam Al Marzooqi

Investments are associated with risks and uncertainties, especially during a pandemic. This is a beginner’s guide to investing to help you break into...

 Jazz: Revolution and Freedom

Jazz: Revolution and Freedom

  • Sarah Al Yahya

Jazz — rooted in a history of protest and freedom — continues to revolutionize the way music is created worldwide.

Falcon Finance: Deconstructing ESG & Green Bonds

Falcon Finance: Deconstructing ESG & Green Bonds

  • Angie Jafari

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  • and

    Anjanaa Prabagar

Sustainable finance may sound like a buzzword, but it can produce focused, substantial and impactful investments. Falcon Finance discusses the...

Words’ Worlds: The Lovely Bones vs The Slap

Words’ Worlds: The Lovely Bones vs The Slap

  • Oscar Bray

This week’s column compares and contrasts The Lovely Bones and The Slap. These two novels explore the mundane, prescient and disturbing horrors of...

AD Secrets: Happy Valentine’s Day!

AD Secrets: Happy Valentine’s Day!

  • Mari Velasquez-Soler

For the over-planner or for some last minute ideas to salvage your plans, here are a few date ideas to try out this Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day Movie and TV Show Recommendations from The Gazelle

Valentine’s Day Movie and TV Show Recommendations from The Gazelle

  • Angad Johar

Whether for a Netflix-party date or self-love extravaganza, check out this list of recommendations from The Gazelle staff for love-filled movies and...

opinion
India Bleeding: 250 Million Farmers Fight Back

India Bleeding: 250 Million Farmers Fight Back

  • Vatsa Singh

There are limits to even Modi’s authoritarian antics and there’s intrinsic value in humility, consensus and constitutional procedure. Instead of the...

Leftist Politics Should Prioritize Lived Experiences over Theory

Leftist Politics Should Prioritize Lived Experiences over Theory

  • Ibad Hasan

The focus on theory has left the lived experiences of marginalized people in the dark within the leftist discourse — something which must be...

Riverdale and The Winx Club: Don’t Make Childhood Classics Dark

Riverdale and The Winx Club: Don’t Make Childhood Classics Dark

  • Sidra Dahhan

Life is not always serious, traumatic and intense. Often, it is fun and colorful. Generation Z could use that reminder in the entertainment industry,...

Prepping for Feb. 15, Students Launch Subtle NYUAD Ghosting

Prepping for Feb. 15, Students Launch Subtle NYUAD Ghosting

  • Ian Hoyt

It may not be the platform NYUAD needs, but it’s certainly the one it deserves.

 Forced Cremations Continue the Persecution of Sri Lanka’s Muslim Community

Forced Cremations Continue the Persecution of Sri Lanka’s Muslim Community

  • Kavi

The discriminatory actions of the Sri Lankan government in regards to enforcing cremation have left the country’s Muslim community in a state of...

news
New On Campus Covid-19 Measures and Developments Summarized

New On Campus Covid-19 Measures and Developments Summarized

  • Mari Velasquez-Soler

Deconstructing the latest Return to Campus Memo and Dean Farley’s message to the community: new symptom checker, non-compliance form and more.

NYU Abu Dhabi Professors Develop Arabic Thesaurus

NYU Abu Dhabi Professors Develop Arabic Thesaurus

  • Charlie Fong

Two professors have developed an Online Readability Leveled Arabic Thesaurus that provides a novel way of searching for Arabic words, their related...

 NYU Communities Speak Out on Zoom Censorship

NYU Communities Speak Out on Zoom Censorship

  • Mari Velasquez-Soler

Following the alleged censorship of university affiliated events on Zoom, various bodies and individuals at NYU, including the Student Government and...

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