Here We Start

Dear Sail Readers,

As some of you know, April was a busy month with the magazine’s team participating in the Archive80 exhibition. The experience to the team was unique from its kind where most of the team come without art background yet created amazing artworks for the exhibition. Of course, all thanks goes to Alia AlShamsi who curated the exhibition and supported the team in their artworks.

We also have an announcement to make in this month. We have a new member joining Sail team; it is our friend Khalid AlAmeri. He joins us with his column: “Community Talk” in which he aspires to generate healthy discussions, spark positive change surrounding social issues that affect our everyday lives, and more importantly how we can improve and develop as a society to a better tomorrow.

Shaima AlTamimi, one of the initial team members of Sail eMagazine and who supported the magazine since its inception, joins us with a new column: “Food for thought”, in which she aims to touch upon certain topics from the society and entice us to think deeper about them.

Without further due, here are the columns of this month’s issue:

• Archive80 Report: A report on Sail eMagazine’s collaboration with Archive80 and the artwork shown in the exhibition.
• Community Talk: Khalid AlAmeri Discusses the issues around young Emirati’s taking up debt to finance an unnecessary high end lifestyle
• Food for Thought: Shaima AlTamimi sheds some light on the issue of poor maternity policies in the UAE and examines their impact on working mothers and society overall.
• Just Another Undergrad: Fatma Bujsaim writes about workload exceeding the amount of time we have, and that time management is the best solution.
• Living Through The Eyes of Art: Hamda AlHashemi explains how standing too close to situations can blur our vision, and the importance of taking a step back to get a wider view, and then taking an action.
• Scenes From Life: Rawan Albina explores why the new generation of young women in so many cases lacks gumption, how and why.
• To The Point: Mohammed Kazim shows a different side of the famous and positively portrayed Emiratization. He tries to prove why Emiratization is detrimental to young, qualified, and talented Emiratis.
• Words, Observations, and Ramblings: Reem Abdalla researches on birth order and how it affects the personality, traits and psychology of a child and shapes their adulthood.

May 2011’s issue:

Here We Start – Archive80 Report – Community Talk – Food for Thought
Just Another Undergrad – Living Through The Eyes of Art
Scenes From Life – To The Point – Words, Observations, and Ramblings

Enjoy the reads!

Regards,
Iman Ben Chaibah
Editor in Chief