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12 Hours in Abu Dhabi

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12 Hours in Abu Dhabi

  • The Video Desk

The Gazelle Video Desk's 12 hour exploration of Abu Dhabi: a brief introduction and suggested itinerary for Abu Dhabi residents, new and old alike....

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Losing the Bucket List

Losing the Bucket List

  • Megan Eloise

Marhaba Week freshman year my roommates and I penned a bucket list detailing all we sought to achieve during our time here. Alongside sillier whims,...

Sunday Sketches, IX

Sunday Sketches, IX

  • Sebastián Rojas Cabal

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Losing the Bucket List

  • Megan Eloise

A Guide to The Room of Requirement: For Dummies, By A Dummy

  • Supriya Kamath

12 Hours in Abu Dhabi

  • The Video Desk

THE AD SECRETS CHALLENGE

  • The Gazelle Staff

features
Running the Internship Rat Race at NYUAD

Running the Internship Rat Race at NYUAD

  • Kristina Stanković

Susan H. Greenburg, writing in The New York Times opinion page, defines summer internships as the new Harvard — they are “prestigious, costly,...

Left Behind

Left Behind

  • Kate Melville-Rea

Editor’s Note: All names of quoted students have been changed upon request. End-of-year packing is never an easy task, as students come face-to-face...

Summer and Learning to be Present

Summer and Learning to be Present

  • Hannah Taylor

Home has always had a magnetic pull for me. It calls me away from any adventure, grand or small, and promises unparalleled comfort and familiarity....

Recommendations: Favorite Podcasts

Recommendations: Favorite Podcasts

  • Zoe H

As a form of entertainment or a source of news, podcasts are often passed over in favor of TV shows or the more easily skimmable news site. But shows...

The Making and Performance of Real AD

The Making and Performance of Real AD

  • Natalie Kopczewski

Last Sunday, a caravan of buses arrived at the Abu Dhabi National Theater in the early night's humidity, carrying freshmen and returning students to...

THE AD SECRETS CHALLENGE

THE AD SECRETS CHALLENGE

  • The Gazelle Staff

Though it's only a taxi ride away, Abu Dhabi and its knots of streets, alleyways and superblocks — most of which probably don't have addresses — can...

The View from Saadiyat

The View from Saadiyat

  • Jocilyn Estes

My favorite time to be alive is in the early evening, in the pocket that is neither day nor night. The spare moments in which the sun begins to drop,...

news
Change in Meal Swipes

Change in Meal Swipes

  • Zoe H

As of Sept. 17, the student meal plan at NYU Abu Dhabi has been changed from 12 to 14 meal swipes a week. The increase comes as the result of...

Student Government Elections Results

Student Government Elections Results

  • Connor Pearce

On Saturday, via a post on the NYU Abu Dhabi Student Life Facebook page, the winners for the Student Government elections were announced. Juliana...

For freshmen, a revamped Marhaba week

For freshmen, a revamped Marhaba week

  • Melinda Szekeres

Last Sunday's RealAD performance marked the end of the year's Marhaba events for the incoming class of 2019. This year’s welcome week differed from...

New J-Term Policy

New J-Term Policy

  • Karma Dolma Gurung

A change in this year’s January Term policy stated that students would only be allowed to take up to two core classes over their total J-Terms, and...

The Migrant Crisis: Where are the refugees in the Gulf?

The Migrant Crisis: Where are the refugees in the Gulf?

  • Clare Hennig

The mass movement of refugees from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa in the past year has been described by journalists and politicians as ...

opinion
Rebuilding the Home that Refugees Deserve

Rebuilding the Home that Refugees Deserve

  • justin-lee

As news of the recent refugee crisis floods major news outlets on a daily basis, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, heavy-hearted and perhaps even numb....

Advice: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Advice: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

  • Johanna

Whether it's trouble with a long distance relationship, choosing your major or feeling like NYUAD is not the right place for you, A Word of Advice is...

A Guide to The Room of Requirement: For Dummies, By A Dummy

A Guide to The Room of Requirement: For Dummies, By A Dummy

  • Supriya Kamath

It was a warm summer day and, as usual, I was scrolling through the NYU Abu Dhabi Class of 2019 Facebook page. “Happy birthday!” “Happy birthday!” ...

NYUAD's Grand Multicultural Experiment a Failure

NYUAD's Grand Multicultural Experiment a Failure

  • Lyle White

Yossarian Jones enrolled in NYU Abu Dhabi as a young, moderately open-minded freshman. But after three years of travel, intercultural dialogue and ...

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