The Gazelle
Feb 9, 2026
Muhammad Usman
Koh Terai
The Faces and people of Abu Dhabi.
How a Pakistani self-perceived outsider found himself more attuned to his mother tongues and national symbols than others around him.
When I applied to be president of TASHAN, I did so because I believed that South Asian cultures needed to be better represented on campus than they had ...
Recently, there have been discussions on various levels at NYU Abu Dhabi to expand and reform the curriculum. There is the possibility that we will ...
From the third-grade till the seventh, I bought a Coke from a tiny shop called Winter Mart III everyday after school. The shopkeeper knew me and my ...
Learning a language often seems like a daunting prospect, but what about inventing a language? Nizar Habash, Associate Professor of Computer Science at ...
In the 1960s, political scientist Aaron Wildavsky proposed the theory of dual presidencies. He argued that presidents wield considerably more power ...
Charlotte de Bekker
Oma en Opa is a documentary made by NYU Abu Dhabi junior Charlotte de Bekker, which focuses on the relationship between de Bekker’s grandparents, Kees ...
The debate about white privilege online isn’t constructive. In fact, the way we frame the discussion bothers me because it only helps center the world ...
Last week, senior Sachith Joseph Cheruvatur wrote an article that argued against celebrating International Women’s Day. Though I empathise a lot with ...
Indian restaurants in London are dominated by North Indian cuisine. In fact, if you want to find South Indian cuisine, you need to search for it ...
I’ve heard the term multicultural Britain used excessively since arriving in the UK. Britain is indeed multicultural, and has been so even before the ...
There exists a space in the South Asian music scene that always remains vacant and yearns to be occupied. It can’t be filled up with traditional music, ...
With the flurry of news from Ferguson dominating headlines globally, it has only become more evident how U.S. American media dominates global ...
We only partake in a specific form of cosmopolitanism, one that is defined by our shared sense of culture. While we come from different cultural ...
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Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, has become a symbol. Like most symbols, she will be used to pursue different ...
I’m fond of the kurta — the name given to the generic South Asian dress. It is comfortable, beautiful and fashionable. When I arrived at NYU Abu Dhabi ...
On Oct. 30 2011, Imran Khan entered the Pakistani political scene in style. He led a rally of 100,000 people in Lahore at Minar-e-Pakistan, a landmark ...
Recently, The Independent reported that a leading Saudi academic proposed that Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) grave should be destroyed and his remains be ...
Sam Ball
It is widely known that we are an argumentative, expressive and passionate community. However, sometimes this energy gets channeled into methods of ...
The prestige of NYU Abu Dhabi depends not on how many students whose education it can afford to fund, but rather on its vision, its student body and ...
LAHORE, Pakistan — The World Cup is the grandest spectacle on the planet. While figures of how many people actually watch the event are contested, they ...
“Pollution prosperity” is how one Chinese newspaper frames the economic rise of China, which hinges on the steady guzzling of fossil fuels. In 2010 it ...
I hear a lot of debate surrounding the effects of exposure to violence. And while I don’t believe that violence in media leads to more violence, it ...
Hassan, 62, has been living in Abu Dhabi for 38 years. His work experience ranges from picking up trash on the streets of Abu Dhabi to working as a ...
In the middle of the night, I walk with a dress similar to that of the labor workers of Abu Dhabi. Their eyes meet mine as I mouth “Assalamoalaikum” to ...
Discourse is crushed when ideas begin to intertwine with personhood. As soon as people see themselves as individuals who are defined by their beliefs, ...
Too many times have I been asked the question: “So, are you an engineering major?” Every time I say no, I see a surprised look on the face of the ...
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 ...
Millions of South Asians and Southeast Asians wake up every day to be disappointed by their skin color. The sight of their skin in the reflection of ...
The age of information brings along with it a new wave of skepticism as people achieve greater access to information over the Internet. Whether that ...
North Korea might be infamous for the personality cult of the Kims, but it’s hardly the only country in the world where important leaders and ...
Global leaders are seldom occupied with the mundane distractions of the everyday world. Nay, global leaders are a class that only occupies itself with ...
