by Abdelfettah Erbai This imaginative poem is set during the Italian Civil War (1943-1945). The speaker is a Republican telling his wife that he will be part of a glorious fight for freedom. People are awakening outside my window Makes my adulation to sunlight even more Listening to the people’s march crescendo I can’t belie… Continue reading Poem: Bella Ciao My Love
Author: Student Contributions
Harvard Model Congress: An Unparalleled Experience
by Ayyan Ali Over the past weekend, AMSI students went to the American University in Dubai to participate in the Harvard Model Congress. Harvard Model Congress (HMC) is an American government simulation for high school students developed and led by Harvard University students. The conference lasted for three days, and during this time, students took… Continue reading Harvard Model Congress: An Unparalleled Experience
HMC 2019: An Experience to Remember
by Hisham Fazail MUN has always been this wonderful, stressful, delightful experience from the hours of research to the wonderful debate all the way to that rush of adrenaline at the award ceremony. HMC Dubai 2019 was perhaps the perfect embodiment of all of this. We as a delegation were given our topics and immediately… Continue reading HMC 2019: An Experience to Remember
Grieve by Pen
by Hashim Riyan No, never again will the stars align for Images of Imagination seem so Frail; yet all I have Left now in my aching heart is my bold Ballad be it said stale; Through my sickly sights of vision prescribed, Pill by pill, dared I to dream, dream Again Fables untold by Blue I bled… Continue reading Grieve by Pen
Colors of the World by Nahla Adel
I’ve seen your tear-struck face so buddy don’t worry for I’m here for you I’ve seen you cowering when talking about your race so child don’t worry for you are who are you I’ve seen your deepest scar so friend don’t worry for it is to be healed I’ve seen you wield a knife to… Continue reading Colors of the World by Nahla Adel
Gender Equality by Mahra Al Sayegh
People keep saying that both genders are equal, but is it true? Is gender equality applied in our modern generation today? People often talk about how both genders are equal when they are not applying this rule themselves. We can’t live without each other, but does that mean we are equal? What is the true… Continue reading Gender Equality by Mahra Al Sayegh
The New School Curriculum by Natalie Nabil
As we all know, the school has recently changed and became more evolved as they introduced to us our Elective Courses. They gave us the liberty to choose between either 2 elective courses or one AP course, as well as introducing to us a more advanced form of English and calculus, now known as AP… Continue reading The New School Curriculum by Natalie Nabil
Social Media and School Life by Heba Latif
A study has found that 82% of young adults use Facebook, 55% of this crowd use Instagram and only 32% use Twitter. Social media has changed the world tremendously. Social media is targeted for millennials (people born from the late 1980s to the early 2000s). A large number of millennials are currently students, students who… Continue reading Social Media and School Life by Heba Latif
Consider by Hana Ali
Consider the faults of perfections, the idiocy of correctness, the light of nightfall, and the freedom of confinement. Consider the very body you live in, the very method of communication, the gadget of connection and intimacy and despair and anxiety. Consider the human body, its faults and its remedies, its wrongs and its rights. Consider… Continue reading Consider by Hana Ali
2 AM by Maribel
It’s 2 am and I am awake I can’t gather my feelings As the clouds dance around like little beings It’s 2 am, why am I awake? I want to capture this moment In my head like a memory that won’t even last the night Because while I am thinking of this My heart is… Continue reading 2 AM by Maribel