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by Asal Al Khuwaiter It takes only a second to make a decision. In only a split second, the human mind can make the choice between being a leader or a follower. An advocate or a participant. To many, the thought of making an impact in this complex and mesmerizing world we live in is… Continue reading AUSMUN

by Adrianna Sabbagh Ever since the Teabate club was created (in close collaboration with the Social Studies Department) it has introduced and organized countless events of high creative standards and cultural implications. The Teabate club, unlike any other, is one whose participants are not limited to members. Any opinionated individual with a zeal for the… Continue reading History Trials: Agora

by Reem Hazim On Monday, February 11th, students, teachers, and even visitors from the KHDA gathered in the downstairs hall of the girl’s section to watch the third edition of the new History Trials series. The History Trials are a series of debates staged as court trials launched this year by the Social Studies department.… Continue reading History Trials: Marie Antoinette

By Marina Markarian In the months leading up to the American University of Sharjah’s Sharakah Sports Festival, there was non-stop training for the students participating. As the day neared, the excitement did not go unnoticed, with all students ready to bring trophies and medals home. Waking up at 5:30 am in the morning, when the… Continue reading AMB Varsity Takes Home Three Trophies

A new writing competition titled “Do the Write Thing” has been launched across all AMSI schools. Here is an overview of the competition and its rules: “Of all the arts in which the wise excel, Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.” Reading is a vital activity in learning, but it is relatively passive. Writing, however,… Continue reading To All the Ambitious Writers: Announcing a New AMSI Schools Writing Competition!

by Fadi Chahine On the 29th of January, Al Mawakeb high-school students headed to the Dubai opera for an experience that was a first for many of the attendees. Students and teachers alike filed into the theater in anticipation of a play they’d booked for months ago: Othello. As everyone settled into their seats, the… Continue reading Othello: A Tale of Jealous Minds

by Salma El Etreby For Hind and Iyaa Anxiety. Fear. Fright. Confusion. Exhaustion. Those were just a few of the things I felt on my way to the Chevron Reader’s Cup Competition. The Chevron Reader’s Cup is a reading competition held every year by the Emirates Airlines Literature Festival. I had already participated in it… Continue reading Euphoria

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

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