Behind the RealAD
It’s your first time at university in a different country, and you’re on your own among people you’ve only just met. You might be anxious about the classes you’re in, what kind of culture you are stepping into, whether you’re going to make good friends…
Freshmen’s Tip List and Lessons Learned
Finals week is looming near, and for some of us freshmen, it feels as though our first year at NYU Abu Dhabi has passed by at supernatural speeds. It’s almost time for students to scatter to their corners of the globe as they return home….
Creating a Home In The Gulf Before NYUAD
Though we now all live in Abu Dhabi, most of us have only experienced the city as a university student, after enrollment has already turned Abu Dhabi into a second home. But what is it like for those who came here earlier, having grown up…
Meeting The Residents Of Sri Lanka’s 16th Century Galle Fort
The stone-lined clock tower struck noon, looming over the walls of Sri Lanka’s old Galle Fort. Initially constructed by the Portuguese in the 16th century, then fortified and utilized by the Dutch and British later, the Fort stood as one of few forts in the…
Dogs, Jumping Spiders and Baby Falcons: Campus Pets
The High Line lights glow in the dark as a small, energetic labradoodle emerges from the shadows around A2B. Almost immediately, students break off from their conversations to come greet and cuddle the labradoodle, Nina. Her owner, biology professor Justin Blau, has no choice but…
A Look Into Camel Culture
6.09 a.m. The bus took off, rolling out of Saadiyat carrying a bunch of yawning faces that were already snuggling in for a bit of sleep before Al Wathbah came into view. The sun had perched itself on the horizon, slowly rising with the patterned…
剩女 (Sheng Nu. Left over Woman)
How old are you? Shouldn’t you be married ? Yes, I am 25, I shouldn’t be anything that I don’t want to be. I am complete by myself, don’t make me Seem halved, Because I don’t Have a husband. Do you want to disrespect your…
Fort Weddings
Multiple brides, An auspicious day, it seems. Sari potas with windfull rustles, In white, crimson and peach. Front of the maritime museum, In a popular background of anchors, And I with my camera, Looking at the foreigner with his camera, Looking at the official wedding…
Powerlifting – NYUAD
Despite powerlifting sounding like it is going to be all about brawn – there was a cheerful, almost jovial, atmosphere around the stadium at NYUAD as smiling spectators supported the hardy competitors. The male and female powerlifters in various weight classes would test their mettle…