Here We Start – Issue #37

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Dear Sail Readers,

As an Editor in Chief, I often try to avoid stating that one issue is more special to me than the other, however, for so many personal reasons, this issue, the 37th, is special to my heart from so many aspects. Some of the articles touch on matters that I think we all have been mulling over for a while, such as our hectic fast paced lives, our general impatience, the affect of smart phones and social media on our personal lives and levels of communication, and many more of such. Going through the articles for this issue made me realize couple of things: first, that I’m not alone in feeling that, so nothing is wrong with me in particular; second, with the team’s reflection on those matters they gave some guidance on potential causes or more insights, those encouraged me to look deeper to find the roots of those matters and start acting on them. I’m not saying that all the matters are now resolved thanks to reading the issue, but at least it gave me peace, and a push forward to the better. Hope this issue helps you to reach the same.

We have 4 new members who joined us from this month:

  • Alia AlHazami, through her column: “Hidden Promises”. Alia Al-Hazami is an ambitious 16 year old Emirati. Her dreams consist of owning a successful business and publishing a novel. Her main aim is to prove that Arabs can amount to success. She has been featured on websites such as ThinkUpGCC and Untitled Chapters
  • Maha Bin Fares as an illustrator. Maha is a young Emirati Graphic Designer. To her, design is a mirror that reflects the way she thinks and the way she believes that nothing is ever impossible. She grew up with the passion of observing the beautiful things around her from the beautiful skyline of Dubai to the golden sand dunes.
  • Maryam Zainal as an illustrator. Maryam is an Emirati Graphic Designer; a graduate of the American University in Dubai with a BFA in Visual Communications. Born and raised in Dubai expanded her perspective and built up her passion for design. Her love for drawing, painting, photography and videography pushed her to create multiple, extensive things. Her creative solutions are fun, simple and conceptual. She believes in pink, and she believes that there’s beauty in everything.
  • Omar Al Owais through his column: “Of Ships and Kings”. Omar, a 15 year old with an attitude. He’s an avid daydreamer, a devoted bookworm and that guy from class with the really weird laughs. His main interest is conveying his thoughts and opinions on any given subject, whenever, and whatever. Often chastised for being very ambitious.
    “Of Ships and Kings” is an excerpt from a poem by one of his favorite authors as a child, Lewis Carrol. In that poem, the character’s talk about a multitude of subjects, hence the title of his column, in which he will be discussing several topics from several arenas.

Have you all noticed how our 2 new columnists are 15 & 16 years old? And we also have Dubai Abulhoul who is 16 years old. It absolutely warms my heart to see such good talents at these ages who acknowledge their skills and are brave enough to share them with the world. I’m very proud of our new generations and what they have to offer.

Here is our content’s listing for April 2013 – Issue #37:

Enjoy the reads and the illustrations by Anood Al Mulla, Maha Bin Fares, & Maryam Zainal.

Warm regards,
Iman Ben Chaibah
Editor in Chief

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