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1001 nights: Navigating Abu Dhabi as an International Student at NYUAD

opinion

1001 nights: Navigating Abu Dhabi as an International Student at NYUAD

  • Jude Al Qubaisi

As students of NYU Abu Dhabi, we interact with the city and the local Emirati culture in a highly limited way. What kind of cultural forces determine...

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Putting Humanity at the Center of Psychiatric Wards

Putting Humanity at the Center of Psychiatric Wards

  • Charlie Fong

Internment at a psychiatric ward can be a harrowing experience with nothing to show for it. Patients must be treated with care and dignity for their...

Journeying Through Cities: So Much More

Journeying Through Cities: So Much More

  • Terry Chen

I’ve traveled with different intentions — academic, leisure, a spontaneous getaway — but what I always leave with is a rewarding confrontation....

trending

Registering to Vote: The Role of Youth in Philippine Politics

  • Katie Ferreol

That's What She Said: Marriage is a Patriarchal Institution. But Everyone Gets to Fight it On Their Own Terms.

  • Huma Umar

The Politics of Representing Marginalized Communities

  • Emily Yoo

    ,
  • Sara Vuksanovic

    ,
  • and

    Malak Elmallah

1001 nights: Navigating Abu Dhabi as an International Student at NYUAD

  • Jude Al Qubaisi

news
Hong Kong’s Isolationist Covid-19 Policy is Bringing the City Down

Hong Kong’s Isolationist Covid-19 Policy is Bringing the City Down

  • Charlie Fong

With its ridiculously long quarantine and ban on foreign visitors, Hong Kong’s “Zero Covid” policy is taking a serious toll on the city and its...

Return to Campus Updates

Return to Campus Updates

  • Nirvana Amjad

A quick recap of the newest RTC updates as laid out by recent administrative communication.

Effective Altruists at NYUAD Bond and Do Good at Retreat

Effective Altruists at NYUAD Bond and Do Good at Retreat

  • Vimal Minsariya

The Effective Altruism SIG organized its first retreat last month, bringing together the entire EA community at NYU Abu Dhabi to discuss questions...

Blind: NYUAD’s Friend-Matching App

Blind: NYUAD’s Friend-Matching App

  • Charlie Fong

After experiencing the difficulties of making friends during the pandemic, a student created a friend matching app in hopes of making social...

opinion
Registering to Vote: The Role of Youth in Philippine Politics

Registering to Vote: The Role of Youth in Philippine Politics

  • Katie Ferreol

Documenting my experience in voter’s registration for the 2022 Philippine elections, I realize my duty not only as a Filipino citizen but as a youth...

A History of Expo: Modern Science, Technology and Nation Branding

A History of Expo: Modern Science, Technology and Nation Branding

  • Adi Baurzhanuly

Throughout history, Expos have been used by countries to boost their own self-image through displays of modern science and technologies. They are...

The Biggest Social Justice Issue Today

The Biggest Social Justice Issue Today

  • Joao Bosco de Lucena

Over the last centuries, we have made great strides in defending the most vulnerable around us. Yet, there is one group of individuals that most of...

Expo 2020: Sri Lanka’s Pavilion of Erasure

Expo 2020: Sri Lanka’s Pavilion of Erasure

  • Kavi

The Sri Lankan pavilion not only ignores local exploitation to flaunt an international narrative of exoticism, but also reinforces a hierarchy that...

features
The Gazelle Post-Pandemic: Working with a Globally Scattered Staff

The Gazelle Post-Pandemic: Working with a Globally Scattered Staff

  • Ella Benfield

The pandemic has completely changed the way we all work, leaving The Gazelle with a hundred person staff scattered around the world. How has this...

Untethered: Redefining Home

Untethered: Redefining Home

  • Ella Benfield

I’ve learned that home will never be something I can clearly define. Home isn’t concrete, it will continue to shift and evolve. With every year, I...

Starting University: The Things I Want to Stop Holding on to

Starting University: The Things I Want to Stop Holding on to

  • Laura Moncada

Reminiscing about what harmful prejudices and expectations I should eliminate to make the most out of this new chapter in my life.

The Myth of My English Name

The Myth of My English Name

  • Yuhang Zheng

What is a name, if nothing but a reference to ourselves? It is something you say out loud with pride because it is part of who you are. My name is...

 Lost in Belonging

Lost in Belonging

  • Mahrukh Riaz

Our places will find us, perhaps, through the mazes of our journey, past us walking neck-deep into the ocean of every possibility in our life. Where...

columns
The Politics of Representing Marginalized Communities

The Politics of Representing Marginalized Communities

  • Emily Yoo

    ,
  • Sara Vuksanovic

    ,
  • and

    Malak Elmallah

Representations of marginalized communities in any form of media need to be constructed after consulting and engaging with people from those...

That's What She Said: Marriage is a Patriarchal Institution. But Everyone Gets to Fight it On Their Own Terms.

That's What She Said: Marriage is a Patriarchal Institution. But Everyone Gets to Fight it On Their Own Terms.

  • Huma Umar

Malala’s decision to marry brought forth a flurry of hot takes: celebration, joy, frustration and disappointment. But it is unfair to place the...

Musings on Escapism: Ambient Music and Visuals

Musings on Escapism: Ambient Music and Visuals

  • Morgane Motlik

Even if you aren’t the kind of person who benefits from music or ambient sounds while working, wouldn’t it still be nice to imagine you’re “Slow...

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