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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: We Promise to Do More

opinion

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: We Promise to Do More

  • Ella Benfield

    ,
  • Huma Umar

    ,
  • Vatsa Singh

    ,
  • and

    John Green

The Gazelle has acted as an engine of advocacy and subversion on campus for years. Today, we ask for your investment, to continue our mission of...

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trending
Marhaba and FYD: Virtually Around the World, Yet Closer than Ever

Marhaba and FYD: Virtually Around the World, Yet Closer than Ever

  • Stefan Mitikj

Organizing a virtual Marhaba and First Year Dialogue for the second time in NYUAD’s history is no easy task for anyone, but I decided to take on the...

Weeks of Chaos: Why Many Students Are Still Stuck at Home

Weeks of Chaos: Why Many Students Are Still Stuck at Home

  • Ella Benfield

Students share their anxiety, hopes and fears as delays in issuing entry permits to new and returning students, coupled with constantly shifting...

trending

How To Access Mental Health Services Using GeoBlue

  • Ella Benfield

Variants, Breakthrough Cases and Booster Shots: Covid-19 Jargon Explained

  • Colleen Mader

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: We Promise to Do More

  • Ella Benfield

    ,
  • Huma Umar

    ,
  • Vatsa Singh

    ,
  • and

    John Green

Remote Plus Gave Me a Gap Year I Couldn’t Have Expected

  • Charlie Fong

features
A Summer of Finding New Connections, Perspective and Growth

A Summer of Finding New Connections, Perspective and Growth

  • Aashraya Dutt

The pandemic has provided students with time to forge new narratives outside the monotony of their routines as they reorient their focus to self care...

Now You See Me, Now I Don’t: The Experiences of a Visually Impaired Student At NYUAD

Now You See Me, Now I Don’t: The Experiences of a Visually Impaired Student At NYUAD

  • Price Maccarthy

The constant battle between hypervisibility and invisibility can be an incredibly difficult one to fight, and I can’t help but wonder if I will get...

How To Access Mental Health Services Using GeoBlue

How To Access Mental Health Services Using GeoBlue

  • Ella Benfield

Read on for a complete overview of how to use your GeoBlue insurance to access teletherapy anywhere in the world, including a guide on how to assess...

Remote Plus Gave Me a Gap Year I Couldn’t Have Expected

Remote Plus Gave Me a Gap Year I Couldn’t Have Expected

  • Charlie Fong

When I initially started my gap year I did not expect to gain much from it. However, by shifting focus and undertaking meaningful activities, both at...

opinion
 Pakistani Women Only Have Themselves To Fall Back On

Pakistani Women Only Have Themselves To Fall Back On

  • Arshiya Khattak

The grief and trauma of Pakistani women cannot be an afterthought for our community any longer. We must pull our resources together to construct safe...

Instagram Activism and Allyship: What’s Going Wrong?

Instagram Activism and Allyship: What’s Going Wrong?

  • Nirvana Amjad

The advent and rise of Instagram activism has put pressure on marginalized peoples to expend emotional energy they often do not have, thus...

The Travails of Communication at NYU Abu Dhabi

The Travails of Communication at NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Ibad Hasan

Stemming from understaffed departments, NYU Abu Dhabi’s lackluster communication unduly puts the onus of keeping the student body informed on the...

Wes Anderson’s Analogy of NYU Abu Dhabi

Wes Anderson’s Analogy of NYU Abu Dhabi

  • Atib Jawad Zion

A student body has grown agitated over discrimination in campus arrivals, academic opportunities and financial security. In a time like this, the...

 Anatomy Of A Failed Intervention: America’s Debacle in Afghanistan

Anatomy Of A Failed Intervention: America’s Debacle in Afghanistan

  • Aarushi Prasad

The United States has repeatedly shown that reliability in international diplomacy is only an illusion. The question that begs an answer is — when...

news
 Abu Dhabi Covid Brief

Abu Dhabi Covid Brief

  • Nghĩa Trí Nìm

Everything you need to know about the most updated Covid-19 guidelines in Abu Dhabi.

 Top 10: News Desk’s Year in Review

Top 10: News Desk’s Year in Review

  • Charlie Fong

As we look forward to a new semester, the News Desk brings you a list of the ten most significant news pieces from the last academic year, both at...

 Variants, Breakthrough Cases and Booster Shots: Covid-19 Jargon Explained

Variants, Breakthrough Cases and Booster Shots: Covid-19 Jargon Explained

  • Colleen Mader

Understanding the science of Covid-19 can help us deal with pandemic anxiety, and accept that changes in the virus and our understanding of it are an...

Flex Dining Dirhams Introduced to Add Flexibility To Dining Options

Flex Dining Dirhams Introduced to Add Flexibility To Dining Options

  • Vimal Minsariya

Responding to new dining changes, Flex Dining Dirhams will be introduced for increased flexibility and enhancing students’ dining experience.

Striving Towards Normalcy: RTC Townhall Summarized

Striving Towards Normalcy: RTC Townhall Summarized

  • Charlie Fong

Important updates about the upcoming semester were shared in the latest Return to Campus Town Hall. We bring you a summary.

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