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Letter from the Editors: Body and Image

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Letter from the Editors: Body and Image

  • Connor Pearce

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    Khadeeja Farooqui

The human body is — and always has been — the center of political, economical, social and religious debates: it’s a sin, it’s a machine, it’s an...

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I need to get this off my chest

I need to get this off my chest

  • Natalia Cruz Monjaraz

Is it about living a practical life or is it about wanting to fit into the beauty standards that we are all bombarded with?

Disability: Thoughts from the Sidelines

Disability: Thoughts from the Sidelines

  • Garreth Chan

There’s nothing quite as harrowing as teaching the alphabet to the person who taught you how to speak.

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On Feminist Body Hair Choices: To Shave or not to Shave

  • Rosy Tahan

Plus-Size Bodies Often Far From Reality

  • Vongai Mlambo

UAE and Lebanon Announce New Sex-Related Medical Laws

  • Lina Elmusa

The Pigment Paradox

  • Cordelia Taylor

off campus
UAE and Lebanon Announce New Sex-Related Medical Laws

UAE and Lebanon Announce New Sex-Related Medical Laws

  • Lina Elmusa

The new Medical Liability Law was recently enacted in the UAE, legalizing sex correction operations.

on campus
Accessibility on Campus

Accessibility on Campus

  • Tom Klein

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  • and

    Priyanka Lakhiani

Lack of legal requirements inhibits accessibility.

Technology’s Invisible Threads

Technology’s Invisible Threads

  • Natalie Kopczewski

"A telling analogy is how a person takes the same two seconds to gaze at a painting as he does to refresh on social media. We are bound to technical...

News of the Week Oct. 2

News of the Week Oct. 2

  • Rodrigo Luque

Football and Flamboyant Impressions: some the events happening this week at NYUAD and in Abu Dhabi.

The General Assembly Report

The General Assembly Report

  • Ken Iiyoshi

Discover what was discussed in last week's General Assembly.

in focus
Our Looks, Our History

Our Looks, Our History

  • Josefina Dumay Neder

"When people see you, they hardly imagine who the other individuals were, cultures and ethnicities that led you to being who you are now."

Eating Disorders and Study Abroad

Eating Disorders and Study Abroad

  • Connor Pearce

Students share perspectives and complications arising during studying abroad in regard to health and eating.

Desirability by Design: Makeup as a Crutch

Desirability by Design: Makeup as a Crutch

  • Layan Adham Ismail

It’s not a passing obsession or brief infatuation; it has strongly latched itself onto my whole being, constituting a part of who I am: a makeup...

Ink AD — Trailer

Ink AD — Trailer

  • The Video Desk

Ink AD: an upcoming project by the video desk.

Hijab perceptions

Hijab perceptions

  • Noor Thyer

The perception of the hijab as discussed here shows one important thing: society, those who judge and assume, make it harder to practice their own...

Artist: Jimena Reyes González

Artist: Jimena Reyes González

  • Alyssa Yu

On September 20, guests stood outside The Cube, wondering what to expect entering the Ei Zwei exhibition by NYUAD senior Jimena Reyes González and...

commentary
The Thing I Don’t Want Published

The Thing I Don’t Want Published

  • Gaby Flores

I know that people see me as fat. They know that I am fat, but somehow to openly admit this fact is to also admit defeat.

Careless Whiskers

Careless Whiskers

  • Pranav Mehta

My face-off with facial hair

Polarizing Notions of Beauty

Polarizing Notions of Beauty

  • Daria Zăhăleanu

With notions of beauty being so polarized, what can the mutlicutural environment of NYUAD teach us about beauty ideals across the world?

Something Good In A-knee-thing

Something Good In A-knee-thing

  • Gloria Jansen

What multiple injuries taught this writer about recovery, her body and the importance of a good mentality.

Plus-Size Bodies Often Far From Reality

Plus-Size Bodies Often Far From Reality

  • Vongai Mlambo

A lingering conception of plus-size models is that they are free from the pressures of modeling. Unfortunately, in this respect, modeling does not...

Waking Up to What we Wear

Waking Up to What we Wear

  • Taj Chapman

Should we and can we care about the origins of our threads?

On Feminist Body Hair Choices: To Shave or not to Shave

On Feminist Body Hair Choices: To Shave or not to Shave

  • Rosy Tahan

Choosing to shave is not nearly as difficult as choosing not to.

The Sole of a Trend

The Sole of a Trend

  • James Pearce

Yeezy taught you wrong

Just Dance

Just Dance

  • Anna Serobyan

How we communicate gender roles, cultural identities and social phenomena through dance.

A Made Up Sense of Self

A Made Up Sense of Self

  • Hannah Taylor

Women are taught to foster rather than face our insecurities.

Finding Beauty in No Man’s Land

Finding Beauty in No Man’s Land

  • Adhiambo Okatch

I once asked my uncle what made a girl beautiful and he pointed to a light-skinned girl and said, “‘See? That is beautiful’.”

The Pigment Paradox

The Pigment Paradox

  • Cordelia Taylor

Life is hard as a teenager, and it is even harder when society wants you to look like something that you would never naturally be.

Solving the Commitment Conundrum in Fitness

Solving the Commitment Conundrum in Fitness

  • Suraiya Yahia

Being truly committed means looking at the bigger picture and focusing on what you can do, rather than what you look like.

Coming from Indonesia: Intimacy and Self-Discovery

Coming from Indonesia: Intimacy and Self-Discovery

  • Khairunnisa Mentari Semesta

Later on, I discovered that many bodily functions do not feel like memorized definitions from high school biology.

My Body

My Body

  • Maya Adams

My body is my anchor.

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