Straight Up or Sideways? Different Corporate Growth, Different Purpose
What’s the difference between vertical and lateral personal development. And how can your purpose and your journey change what you’re looking for in that growth?…
Love in The Times of COVID-19
With conflict rising when couples are working from home together, how can they survive? WhatsApp blinked. It was a message in the group chat. “Guess…
The Alumni Return: A @Tashkeel Exhibition
Many artists have returned to Tashkeel after having completed their postgraduate degrees in arts abroad. What were their art theses about and what do…
Mindful Parenting Against Prejudice
Can prejudice be passed on to kids? It all depends on the parents behavior and what they model in front of their kids. A…
Unpleasant Insinuations
Can insinuations be malicious? and what kind of effect do they leave on the receivers and what do they imply about the aggressors? “How’s…
Are You Afraid Of The Dark?
How childhood fear of the dark continued into the author’s adulthood and one mode of coping with any fear in children. Most childhood fears…
When Certain Comments Cross The Fine Line Of Privacy #thisisabuse (@DFWAC)
Reflecting on the latest awareness campaign #thisisabuse by DFWAC, some of its causes and how to cope. “So, you finally got pregnant after so many…
Are We Planning For Our Post-Retirement Life?
What activities should your retirement plan include and how can you ensure you can finance it. I was never one with a rose-tinted view…
That Bitter Woman
Recounting an incident of someone’s bitterness and showing the other side of the story and why some people act so unpleasantly. We all know that…
It’s All About FAN LUV!
Looking into society’s fan syndrome and redirecting the emotions and efforts towards oneself. Some phenomenon, although commonly widespread, do not grab our attention unless we…
Would You Change Your Name?
The author considers why a friend of hers has changed her name drastically for social acceptance. A few months ago, I encountered an old acquaintance…
The First Night Alone With My Baby
As a first-time mom, the writer shares her daunting experience the first time she was completely alone with her baby overnight and how she struggled….
But An Elephant Never forgets
Looking into the human inability to forget painful memories and suggesting two coping methods from the author’s personal experience. It’s a great day to be…
Dwindling Friendships With Age
Reflecting on her personal experience, the columnist shares her opinion on why friendships dwindle with age, and how they are formed differently across age. During…
Being Second Best
As the world celebrates those who attain first place, society has a knack of making second place winners feel like first place losers. The columnist…
Cherish The Time You Have Lest You Regret The Time You Lost
Losing a loved one is never easy and many times we regret so much once those loved ones are gone. The writer shares her personal…
One IN: One OUT
Having struggled for many years to keep my closet neat, I finally found a solution that worked best for me. “I have too many clothes”,…
My Pursuit of Happiness
We’ve all wondered what truly makes us happy, this recount is one example. What started out as a desperate attempt to please a tyrant boss…
The Good Old Days
Our lives are getting more complicated by the day. It would serve us well to reflect on the simplicity of how the older generations lived….
Understanding the Value of Food and Overcoming Food Wastage
Article in brief: we do not have to remain in the food wastage crisis but we can take small steps towards a solution. We were…