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Exploring Poetry with Sail Poets at @EmiratesLitFest (Featuring Omar AlOwais, @AliaAlShamsi, & Fatima AlZaabi)
We had the pleasure of hosting a discussion panel with our published poets in this year’s Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2020. In the session,…
Cultural Bereavement in Older Emirati Generations
What is cultural bereavement, and why do older Emirati generations struggle with it when they haven’t moved from their home country? Cultural Bereavement is explained…
A Year in Mental Health Journalism (@CarterFellows) – #WorldMentalHealthDay
Reflecting on the year I spent focusing on mental health journalism and all that was published under it. A month ago, I completed my…
Do People Hide Their Mental Illnesses To Get Married?
Co-authored by: Alia Al Hazami and Omar Al Owais Do people hide their mental illness to improve their marriage prospects? Do they deny it even to…
5 Ways University Students Can Get Help for Mental Health Problems
Co-authored by: Alia Al Hazami, Iman Ben Chaibah, and Omar Al Owais Where can you get help from when facing mental health problems? And are…
A Glimpse Into The First Official Youth Cirlce (@EmiratesYouth)
The UAE’s Minister of State for Youth Affairs has launched last week her main initiative for the year as The Youth Circles. We interviewed two…
Mental Health Stigma in the UAE
Are mental health issues prevalent in the UAE? How are they combatted? Omar Al Owais discovers. Fatima has excelled academically all her life. She graduated…
Be Socially Healthy Like a Campodimelian
Article in brief: the author discusses the importance of being socially healthy in our journey to long lives and good health. We humans, as diverse as…
Comic ConSeeduality
Seeduality – Picture taken by Omar Al Owais
Overconsumption Here, Malnutrition Elsewhere
Article in brief: Overconsumption here, eventually leads to under nutrition elsewhere, this article tackles this issue in simple ways we can apply at our own homes….
We’re All Human Beings After All
Article in brief: The article explains how not accepting foreign cultures and other religions is not part of our culture. I recently attended my school’s…
Youth: Why Not Find an Alternative to Visiting Malls?
As a Sharjawi (Sharjah resident, I am in no way a football fan), I recall constantly complaining, as have others, about how we don’t have…
Comic Con May 2015 2
Jobedu – Picture taken by Omar Al Owais
Comic Con May 2015 3
Moving Reflection – Picture taken by Omar Al Owais