Gratitude and the Power of Acknowledgements

As I wrote my capstone’s acknowledgements section, it struck me how indebted I am to others, not only intellectually, but personally. I don’t slow down often enough to think about gratitude and the importance of expressing it to others.

NYUAD's Capstone Requirement Needs Greater Flexibility

While NYUAD's capstone requirement is a testament to its academic rigor, the pandemic has exhibited the need to rethink the requirement such that it's flexible, accommodative and serves to truly advance students' academic and professional goals.

The Case for Theory: Approaching Difficult Texts in the Classroom

This article is my case for theory. It has helped me untangle many complexities, paradoxes and knots — academic and “real” — and I think it will help you too.

NYUAD Students React to US Elections

Along with having repercussions for the rest of the world, the results of the 2020 U.S. election affect many students on a personal level, regardless of where they come from.

Kate Chandler’s Letter to the Editor is an Insensitive Response That Misses the Point

What we want from the university is for them to acknowledge that the Go Local program is discriminatory. What we got, instead, was a shallow, institutional response that invalidated students’ experiences of inequity within the global network.

For Becky: “Generous, Down to earth, An Intellectual Giant”

Professor Rebecca “Becky” Morton was a tour de force, a pioneering woman in every sense. No words can encompass all that she was, and still is. We at The Gazelle hope that this tribute sheds light, however partially, on her legacy.

The Importance of Long Reads During the Pandemic

If we allow ourselves to shift our mode of attention by reading texts that denaturalize and defamiliarize the world as we’re accustomed to seeing it, the mundane gains new currency, allowing us to break away from the sameness that plague our lives.

Understanding the Present Through the Past: A Review of Go Back to Move Forward

The Curatorial Practice Class Exhibition “Go Back to Move Forward” presents a uniquely thought-provoking analysis of historical and contemporary civics, all displayed through the lense of aesthetic brilliance.

Lebanon’s Intifada

“The people want the downfall of the regime!” This now infamous chant has finally made it to the streets of Lebanon. Why are there people on the streets and what has the government done? A Lebanese student offers an insightful opinion.

On Prophecy and Trust in Translation: A Conversation with Professor Maya Kesrouany

Good translations enrich the new language, and inform the original as well.

Is it Lebanese, or is it Lebanese Arabic?

The vehement debate persists as we fight for dialects to be on the same level as Modern Standard Arabic, and argue if some languages are just dialects or independent languages on their own.

The Recycling Rundown

After you’ve forgotten about that Starbucks cup or plastic bottle, people are actually responsible for sorting through your recyclables.

Response to weSTEM Poster Controversy

We need to shed light on the problem of unconscious bias by explicitly putting it out there, by sharing narratives with the world.