Sometimes, the turbulent and troubling reports of our current political and social state make us feel like we’re stuck in an endless loop of war, famine, and poverty. Our future is a game, and the world sees fit to spoil our path to triumph. one does not eat without knowing that another starves, one does… Continue reading Our Cards Have Been Dealt by Hisham Fazail
Author: Shahd Jamal
Befriend Melancholy.
Befriend melancholy. Sounds absurd right? We are all in a never-ending race after joy and happiness. We force smiles in hopes of tricking our brains into becoming genuinely happy, forcing our hearts to pump euphoria in place of our blood. Whether explicitly expressed or not, the chase after eternal happiness is a constant thought permanently… Continue reading Befriend Melancholy.
Review of “Before I Go to Sleep” by S.J Watson
Memories are what define us. So what would happen if we lose them all? The pages of S.J Watson’s novel, Before I Go to Sleep, highlight the importance and value of memories. Christine, the unfortunate character, is diagnosed with amnesia due to an “accident”. Ben, who claims to be her husband, dictates that piece of… Continue reading Review of “Before I Go to Sleep” by S.J Watson
Stars Don’t Align at Our Feet
by Shahd Jamal Just like how the sun and moon are never meant to meet, The stars too have never aligned at our feet Gruesome truly, how feelings have become too concrete The loss of abstract fills one with nothing but defeat. As subtle as the moon when incomplete, as mere as a ray of… Continue reading Stars Don’t Align at Our Feet
An Interview with Mr. Youssef Simaan
Interview conducted by Shahd Jamal Who is Mr. Youssef? Tell me about yourself. I grew up in Lebanon where I studied Biology and graduated in 2009 from AUB. My first full-time job was in an NGO called Teach for Lebanon, which recruits fresh university graduates and sends them to rural areas within the country to… Continue reading An Interview with Mr. Youssef Simaan
نبع الحنان
الشاعرة المتألقة شهد جمال فازت في مسابقة “قلب شاعري: حلقة وصل إنسانية” على مستوى الخليج العربي. تشارك معنا شهد القصيدة التي كتبتها لهذه المسابقة. The talented Shahd Jamal participated and won in the competition “Poetic Heart” at the Gulf level. She shares with us her beautiful poem: يتساءلـونَ في كــلِ حيـــنٍ وبينَ طيّاتِ سؤالِهم تغفــو… Continue reading نبع الحنان
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5,4,3,2,1 … Happy New Year! It is 2019 and you start making promises to yourself, ones similar to last year’s, the year before, and the year before that too. You start noticing a pattern in your resolutions and realize that you could not keep those promises, inevitably breaking them. No, the promises were never deliberately… Continue reading 2:26 pm
Start Now
Steve Jobs, Ted Kennedy, Eartha Kitt, and Anne Bancroft along with several others were all victims of Cancer, and their lives were ended too soon by it. Approximately 10 million others are expected to die from this fatal disease in 2018. Certainly, Cancer treatment methods have advanced immensely throughout the past few years, and success… Continue reading Start Now
There is Always Light at the End of the Tunnel
With hope in your eyes And faith in your heart Worship your body Just like a work of art Detect and solve the issue right from the start Don’t let cancer take over a single part of your Body organs, liver, breast, or heart. Don’t let it take over And put up a fight Remember,… Continue reading There is Always Light at the End of the Tunnel