Saadiyat Stress

Where do the stresses at NYUAD come from, and what do students use as coping mechanisms?

Fluid accents, fluid identity

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

Coming Home Twice

I came home twice this summer. Yet, these two homecomings couldn’t have been more different.

Event Overload

“You are invited to ASEAN Night!” “You are invited to the Pakistani Mock Wedding!” “You are invited to Latino Night!” “You are invited to Arab Cultural ...

On Being Sick Without My Mother

I’ve never been sick without having my mother or any other guardian by my side. So when I fell ill at university, I didn’t know what to do. What ...

On Loving Yourself

The line “I first need to love myself, before I can love others,” is common in many romantic comedies. I watched many of these movies as a little girl, ...

Curse of a J-term in Abu Dhabi

So, what’s the meaning of Life? Have you figured it out yet? Are you going to find out what this life is all about? Questions like this pestered me for ...

Where's the coffee culture at NYUAD?

I used to love coffee. Drinking lavish cappuccinos in Portugal’s small cafés and trying new Zimbabwean roasts in Barcelona’s hipster hangouts, I was ...

The Rocky Freshman Road

Stepping off the Etihad airplane upon my arrival to Abu Dhabi at the end of August, I recounted the long hours I had spent curled up in my window seat ...