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Armchair Activism and Social Comformity

opinion

Armchair Activism and Social Comformity

  • Sam Ball

Partisanship and political bickering are ubiquitous issues across domestic and international politics. The recent political jabs over the Sochi...

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In Focus: Sourcing Food at NYUAD

In Focus: Sourcing Food at NYUAD

  • Costanza Maio

Every day of the week, the student body, as well as some faculty and staff, file into the NYU Abu Dhabi dining halls. Waiting for us is prepared food...

Culinary Sophistication an Elevator Ride Away

Culinary Sophistication an Elevator Ride Away

  • Tessa Ayson

On Sunday, Feb. 2, the ninth floor lounge was transformed into Sama’s first restaurant, the setup complete with a white tablecloth, flickering...

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AD Secrets: Eastern Mangroves and the Corniche

  • Nicole Lopez del Carril

Hijab: Not A Choice For All

  • Muhammad Usman

In Focus: Sourcing Food at NYUAD

  • Costanza Maio

Students Create Award-Winning Website: Travellog

  • Mitali Banerji

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Award-winning Sculpture Traces The History of Arabic and Roman Script

Award-winning Sculpture Traces The History of Arabic and Roman Script

  • Alistair Blacklock

These sculptures are linguistic timelines. Each individual study represents a phoneme, or unit of sound, such as “N” or “T” in its divergent, ...

NYUAD Students First Falcon Scholars

NYUAD Students First Falcon Scholars

  • Riaz Howey

Early this month, two NYU Abu Dhabi students were named the inaugural Falcon Scholars, an independent scholarship administered by the Rhodes Trust....

AD Secrets: Eastern Mangroves and the Corniche

AD Secrets: Eastern Mangroves and the Corniche

  • Nicole Lopez del Carril

Hiding in plain sight along the highway to the Eastern Mangroves hotel is one of the loveliest stretches of the Abu Dhabi corniche, perfect for a ...

Students Create Award-Winning Website: Travellog

Students Create Award-Winning Website: Travellog

  • Mitali Banerji

Traveling is an integral part of NYU Abu Dhabi’s student culture, and the Travellog website created by sophomores Lingliang Zhang, Moïri Gamboni and...

opinion
Hijab: Not A Choice For All

Hijab: Not A Choice For All

  • Muhammad Usman

The hijab is not a choice for millions of women across the Islamic world, and this is a reality too many choose to overlook. In our attempts to be ...

Breastfeeding Law Should Support, Not Punish, Mothers

Breastfeeding Law Should Support, Not Punish, Mothers

  • Olivia Bergen

The UAE’s Federal National Council passed a clause in the Child Rights law on Jan. 26 that requires mothers to breastfeed their children for two...

Why Black History Month?

Why Black History Month?

  • Nafisatou Mounkaila

What Month is it? Black History Month. The title itself raises a ton of questions, even for people who have celebrated it for years. Why does it...

Chasing Community

Chasing Community

  • Joshua Shirley

At a fundamental level, NYU Abu Dhabi is divided — by languages, backgrounds, majors and interests, not to mention ideologies, politics and creeds....

news
Kung Hai Fak Choi from London

Kung Hai Fak Choi from London

  • Clare Hennig

LONDON, United Kingdom — Celebrations of Chinese New Year took place throughout London this past Sunday, Feb. 2, with parades and performances...

From the Square: MSNBC host visits NYU, talks racial, economic inequality

From the Square: MSNBC host visits NYU, talks racial, economic inequality

  • Anjana Sreedhar

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Feb. 8 issue of The Washington Square News, the daily student newspaper at NYU New York....

U.S. and Australian Carbon Projects Cause Controversy

U.S. and Australian Carbon Projects Cause Controversy

  • Nicole Lopez del Carril

On Jan. 31 two proposed projects with controversial environmental impacts, the Keystone XL pipeline in the United States and the dumping of dredged...

Read Local

Read Local

  • Thinh Tran

Far away? Stay local. Spotlighted here are some of the current events happening during the week of Feb. 2 to 8, 2014, along with links to local ...

NYU Shanghai develops internal structure, begins to connect to GNU

NYU Shanghai develops internal structure, begins to connect to GNU

  • Sam Ball

NYU Shanghai is entering its second semester of classes. This process, both exciting and frustrating, holds similarities with NYU Abu Dhabi’s initial...

NYUAD at Wadi Bih for Third Year Running

NYUAD at Wadi Bih for Third Year Running

  • Andres Rodriguez

Fifty-eight NYU Abu Dhabi students and twenty-four staff members participated in the 22nd annual Salomon Wadi Bih run that took place on Feb. 8 in ...

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