A Taste of Home: An Ode to Orange Blossom Water

As a pandemic baker, I wanted to venture away from overly rich, dense desserts. One ingredient provided the perfect vessel for experimentation. It...

The End of Days: Minor Administrative Promise Fulfilled On Time

In an unforeseen event, an administrative body on campus has fulfilled a promise on time. Here we meet NYU Abu Dhabi’s End of Days and those...

Grave Stories: Cartoon of the Week

Our cartoonist looks at the afterlife.

We Care About the Environment for the Wrong Reasons

On our never-ending quest to preserve the environment, we forget who we are really trying to save: sentient life.

Stop Vilifying the Rich, A Wealth Tax is not the Solution

The U.S. has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The government sustains prolonged deficits because it spends too much, not because rich...

Could be Worse: The Culture of Toxic Positivity

Even if toxic positivity is easy to highlight and avoid on a personal level, it is so deeply rooted in our culture that we need to unlearn it if we...

Sex Education Season 3: The Best One Yet?

Netflix’s hit show “Sex Education” is back with a third season. But is it as good as the previous ones?

Studying Away in a Pandemic Stricken World

As I sit on a wooden bench in Manhattan and notice that nothing went according to plan, I still feel happy and fortunate and wouldn’t have it any...

You, Franz Kafka and Michel Foucault walk into NYU Abu Dhabi...

As important as it is to not overexert ourselves, it is also necessary to give ourselves ample credit for all we have accomplished by having enough...

Memorabilia: Creating a Home Away from Home

The most important things sleep by my side every night. It feels good to have a reminder every now and then that there is a lot to be grateful for, a...