NYUAD's Collection of Cultural Artifacts, Old and New

A look into the Archives and Special Collections section of the NYUAD library.

On Poetry Out Loud

My professor’s directive to “let the words wash over you” doesn’t work for me.

Poetry Lessons from Gregory Pardlo

The Gazelle talks to Pulitzer prize winning poet Gregory Pardlo about poetry, objects and the poetic eye.

Angelique Kidjo: Artist in Residence

Angelique Kidjo on music, cultural appropriation and her latest concert at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Bending Religious Rules

I don’t always follow the rules of what a Catholic is expected to do.

Rediscovering the Pleasure in Reading

The experience of reading can still be what it was for us as children — delightful, chilling, tragic, thrilling, transformative.

Arabs and Arabic

An intensely international community on an island in a Middle Eastern country, NYUAD is a place where issues of Arab identity acquire new complexity.

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

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

Changes to the FYD program

Learn more about the changes made to the First Year Dialogue, and find out how freshmen feel about their experience thus far.

My Syria

Today, I read that the British Parliament has voted in favor of bombing Syria. I scrolled through countless outraged Facebook posts by friends inside ...

Exploring Saadiyat Island

With so much of Saadiyat Island still under construction, it’s easy to feel isolated amid the vast expanses of sand that are often all that can be seen ...