From the Arab Women in STEM (@ArabStemWomen), Letters to a Pre-Scientist
byConnecting the hearts and minds of Arab women in STEM with young people through handwritten letters. Over the past year, the Arab world witnessed the…
Culture
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…
You Need Craft Now More Than Ever
byExploring how textile crafts are essential to mental health and creativity. Crafts had found their way into my hands long before I was faced with…
The Importance of Speaking your Mother Tongue Around Kids
byWhat’s the importance of teaching children their mother tongue from birth, and how does it enhance their skills and experiences. A few days ago, while…
Cultures Evolve – We Hold on to Some, We Change Some, We Revive Some
bySome think of culture as a single entity driven by the past of a particular group or by people of similar thoughts. However, throughout history,…
The Spanish Domination of Latin America
byHave you ever wondered what connects Spain and the whole of Latin America? In this article, you will understand how the Spanish forever changed the…
The Islamic Historical Narrative on Plagues
byIntroducing the narrative on early Islamic plagues that occurred during the Umayyad caliphate throughout the 6th and 7th century CE. With the world currently facing…
Our Brain Vs. Climate Change: Why We Would Rather Not Think About It
byWhy do our brains avoid thinking about climate change, and how can we fix that? In a more rational world, the glaring catastrophes pointing towards…
The Sea of Footwear in Front of The Mosque
byReflecting on an experience with an older man in front of the mosque, who was struggling as he maneuvered through a sea of shoes left…
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,…
The Surprising Link Between Mental Health and Climate Change
byUnironically, let us also consider our feelings while the world is burning. When we discuss the effects of climate change on health, we do so…
The Gentle Wisdom of Wabi-Sabi
byA brief exploration of the ancient Japanese philosophy Wabi Sabi and how to live a better life through it. Some of us can never…
The Alumni Return: A @Tashkeel Exhibition
byMany artists have returned to Tashkeel after having completed their postgraduate degrees in arts abroad. What were their art theses about and what do…
The Importance of Art In Medicine
byThey say the brain is divided into two parts, one being creative and the other logical. But what if you were to create a…
The Tragedy of the Experts: Why Nobody Reads Their Work
byExperts need to acknowledge the importance of simplicity and relatability when sharing their findings. Research and information are available in abundance but are not…
Why Is The UAE Going To Space and Why Did They Send @Astro_Hazzaa to @Space_Station? (@MBRSpaceCentre)
byThe UAE has entered the space race, and has already contributed so much to the industry, with the latest achievement of it all being sending…
Existential Voids: The Well of Thought
by“Let’s think of existential voids as wells, if “Why” got us in by wondering why we have a well in the first place and…
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,…
Can Video Games Be A Form of Historical Reference?
byWhat are the commonalities between video games and history and can video games be considered as a form of modern historical publication. As someone…