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Letter from the Editors: Travel and Displacement

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Letter from the Editors: Travel and Displacement

  • Connor Pearce

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  • and

    Khadeeja Farooqui

Traveling is a fundamental pivot around which life at NYUAD revolves.

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An examination of Cultural SIGs

An examination of Cultural SIGs

  • Rodrigo Luque

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    Tom Klein

Student Government is under increased pressure to decide on how to treat single-national cultural SIGs that represent areas otherwise encompassed by...

Confronting Shame as a Third-Culture Kid

Confronting Shame as a Third-Culture Kid

  • Tiantian Zheng

My accent no longer needed to be displayed as a shield or emphasized to apologise for my genealogy when I tried to lay claim to my nationality.

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Fluid accents, fluid identity

  • Nela Noll

An examination of Cultural SIGs

  • Rodrigo Luque

    ,
  • and

    Tom Klein

Confronting Shame as a Third-Culture Kid

  • Tiantian Zheng

News of the Week

  • The Gazelle Staff

on campus
Notes of a Native Son(g)

Notes of a Native Son(g)

  • Natalie Kopczewski

Musicians play tribute to work of James Baldwin in NYUAD Arts Center performance.

The General Assembly Report

The General Assembly Report

  • Ken Iiyoshi

Discover what was discussed in the most recent General Assembly.

News of the Week

News of the Week

  • The Gazelle Staff

A look at what's been going on at NYUAD recently.

in focus
The Advance on Mosul

The Advance on Mosul

  • Tom Klein

Iraqi forces begin fighting for the Islamic State group's largest city.

Performance as a road to empathy

Performance as a road to empathy

  • Connor Pearce

The space in which the performance exists, as a fiction or an allegory, can have the potential to reframe the world and current events.

Country Counting

Country Counting

  • Vongai Mlambo

In addition to documenting travels through pictures, it has become common to add a numerical qualifier to traveling.

off campus
Film your Travels

Film your Travels

  • The Video Desk

Find out where NYUAD students went on fall break.

NYUSH News Briefing

NYUSH News Briefing

  • Savannah Billman

Discover what's been happening this week at our sister campus, NYU Shanghai.

UAE Updates

UAE Updates

  • Priyanka Lakhiani

A look at what's been going on in the UAE this week.

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Claiming Identity

Claiming Identity

  • Myera Rashid

I never claimed my identity when I migrated, rather my identity claimed parts of the experiences and changes that came along with the process of...

Fluid accents, fluid identity

Fluid accents, fluid identity

  • Nela Noll

Accents are a huge part of identity, especially at NYU Abu Dhabi, where everybody has different native languages and linguistic backgrounds.

Rediscovering your hometown as a tourist

Rediscovering your hometown as a tourist

  • Kristina Stanković

My friends, all Westerners, enjoyed what I feared they would deem ratchet. I was amused. Slightly proud even.

#Iknowwhatyoudidlastjanuary: Yeah, #notreally

#Iknowwhatyoudidlastjanuary: Yeah, #notreally

  • Sam Ball

Acknowledge what we learned and understood, but also accept how much we missed or didn't understand.

The privilege of travel

The privilege of travel

  • Gaby Flores

But the ability to make the leap means that we can, just as quickly, jump back.

Passport issues

Passport issues

  • Daria Zăhăleanu

I have a powerful passport, according to international standards, but this doesn't make me feel powerful at all.

The Skeptical Tourist in an Informal Taxi

The Skeptical Tourist in an Informal Taxi

  • Áron Braunsteiner

So I guess the moral of the story, if there is any, is that being suspicious at all times can end up letting you down.

Punjabi Twang

Punjabi Twang

  • Muhammad Usman

How a Pakistani self-perceived outsider found himself more attuned to his mother tongues and national symbols than others around him.

My German Railway Journey: A Standing Up Comedy

My German Railway Journey: A Standing Up Comedy

  • Supriya Kamath

How to survive a journey in an overbooked train: talk to your suitcases and curse in German.

The Crossroads of Language and Identity

The Crossroads of Language and Identity

  • Gabriel Figueroa Torres

If language is accidental then there are already solid grounds to question how instrumental language really is to the topic of belonging.

On European City-hopping, Perspectives and Being 21

On European City-hopping, Perspectives and Being 21

  • Thinh Tran

Whether or not I have a place I can call 'home' now is another question that may be best left unanswered.

Wait, I Thought You Were From …

Wait, I Thought You Were From …

  • Noel Konagai

Being racially ambiguous is a double edged sword.

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