The Gazelle
Dec 1, 2025
opinion
Mariam Haroun
The skater girl doesn’t skate. The punk doesn’t rage. Identity now comes prepackaged, flattened into moodboards, starter packs, and TikTok’s endless...
Batool Al Tameemi
Stepping into a C2 elevator feels less like entering a quiet campus space and more like being swallowed by a wall of competing announcements.
Othalia Abuzaid
NYUAD’s Female Cricket Team reflected upon their journey from being overlooked to gaining deserved recognition.
Chadi Saadoun
Isabel Ortega
Our cultural obsession with Frankenstein matters now more than ever, as Silicon Valley’s elites move from building apps to attempting to reengineer...
Mayada Abuhaleeqa
Brands are deciding to engage with female audiences by creating pacified, girlified versions of their original products. It is backfiring immensely.
Karen Hannoush
A collection of stories and poems by the children of the diaspora.
Abenezer Belay Gebrehiwot
Whether you already believe life is a game or not, Phil Knight’s biography is set to evoke the adventurer within you. Here’s my take on Shoe Dog...
Vuk Zivkovic
Tired of eating the cheese omelet and turkey ham from D2? Or, do you just want to try out what breakfast looks like in a burger joint? Pickl Gardens...
Yana Peeva
Apparently that is not the motto of 3-in-1 instant coffee worldwide, but it is such a fitting title for unexpected collaborative music…
Merna AlQadi
A review of F1 The Movie. (Some spoilers ahead!)
Various Authors
The One-Day No Microplastics Challenge invited students to spend 24 hours avoiding all plastic. Aleksander Klodawski’s winning reflection captures...
Manoj Dhakal
Putting effort is the new cool. But is it? What about effortlessness? Does kindness lose value if one needs to put effort to be kind? Nonchalance?...
Marija Janeva
Allegations of “sniper safaris”, or wealthy foreigners participating in shooting civilians during the Sarajevo Siege, have been brought to...
Amidst rising tension between the U.S. and many of its southern neighbors, a few contracted workers plant six signs in Mexican soil that could have...
One could “borrow” a person and hear their real, lived stories at the Human Library. NYUAD’s Department of Civic Engagement and Service collaborated...
Aisha El Asmar
A CITIES Seminar talk by Dr. Tetiana Dovbischuk reinforces how fundamentally important it is for humans to stay in contact with nature, even during...
Trong (Tommy) Nguyen
A moment of unified hope as NYUAD international students reflected upon their experience overcoming instabilities back home from afar.
