The Layers of One’s Life in the Pen of Sara Abuljadayel
byLiving in today’s extremely fast-paced world, it’s very easy to lose track of time and sometimes even a sense of reality. The commotion of our…
Books
Embedding Social Responsibility in Children Through Storytelling
byThink of a mound of clay. It is still, unshaped, and blank. The pottery end-work would exist as the outcome of the processes of molding…
Themes of Poetry in Young Arab Voices: An Insight on Ban Lahham’s Enigma and Ziad Gadou’s Provoke
byOur lives consist of a very complex cycle of ups and downs. It’s only natural to undergo moments that exist as a part of both-…
Finding Your Motivation Through Your Dose of Motivation
byAs a part of experiencing life, we all find ourselves in moments of despair. There are times when it’s harder to get out of bed,…
Gulf Futurism: The Future is Not a Desert Mirage
byIntroducing Gulf Futurism as an art movement that reflects the hyper-modernization of the Gulf States. «Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an…
Spurring Imagination Through Reading: An Outlook on Sail’s Children’s Books
byTo be a child is to live lightheartedly, exist in a state of the utmost purity, and experience life through an entirely different lens, allowing…
Qahera: The Superheroine in Abaya and Hijab (@qaheracomic)
byComics have become a powerful vehicle for Arab-Muslim female artists to voice the issues that matter to them. Comics have become a way to tackle…
Young Emirati Voices in English Poetry
byPicture the comfort of the warmth you attain from drinking a hot cup of tea on a breezy winter day. Now picture the sense of…
Do You Really Know What Science Fiction Is?
byAs a cross-media genre, «science fiction» defies a clear definition, proving how challenging it is to define concepts belonging to popular culture. Everybody seems to…
5 Books To Have Read in Women’s History Month
byWhat does it mean when women take acts of defiance against their societies? In celebration of Women’s History Month last month, it’s necessary to understand…
A Book Review on Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
byThrough exploring the complexity of desires and individualism in the South Korean society, Han Kang questions human nature through a story about a woman who…
Working within Limitations – A Memoir of Schizophrenia
byAlthough limiting, there’s room to live life with mental illness. The aliens are imposters and have taken over her best friend Steve. A terrifying figure…
Exploring Poetry with Sail Poets at @EmiratesLitFest (Featuring Omar AlOwais, @AliaAlShamsi, & Fatima AlZaabi)
byWe 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,…
Timeless Advice
byExploring one timeless advice given by an 8th-century father to his sons before his death. Let’s appropriate that advice into a modern perspective by…
A Book Review on Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea
byA book review on the old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway published 1952. “The Old Man and The Sea” by Ernest Hemingway,…
Looking Forward to The Bright Side
byHave you ever wondered if you really know yourself? And how to learn how to find your passion to do what you were meant…
Seeing The World From A Muslim Convert Woman Perspective (Review on @BigLilSteps)
byA review about “Big Little Steps” written by Mathilde Loujayne, a guide to women from all faiths and walks of life interested in Islam….
5 Insights on Creativity – Hegarty on Creativity
bySummarizing some of the main insights Sir John Hegarty, one of the biggest names in the creative industry, shared in his book “Hegarty on…
3 Lessons from Sherlock Holmes About Living
byWhat are some important life lessons that the world’s most famous sociopath of a detective has to offer us through his many adventures? In…
From Anti-Reader to Avid Reader
byFrom avoiding books to loving them, reading has helped me focus and express myself in another medium that isn’t drawing. It all started three years…