From the Feed to our Bookshelves 
Why Gen Z Is Nostalgic for a Past They Never Lived
A collage of TikTok posts under the hashtag #nostalgia (over 19 million posts), expressing nostalgia for early 2000s teenage life,...
From Scroll to Self-diagnosis
User scrolls through #mentalhealth videos on TikTok, reflecting the platforms growing role in how mental health is discussed online (Image:...
The Power of OSINT in Modern Journalism
Today, journalism is no longer limited to what reporters can physically see or access. With so much information available online,...
From the Feed to our Bookshelves
You're walking around a bookstore, pulling out books at random, reading the blurbs, judging the covers. Thirty minutes pass, maybe...
Scrolling Through Headlines: TikTok as a news source?
For a significant and growing portion of people under thirty, staying informed now looks something like this: a short, sensational...
Tatreez: Tradition, Change, and Identity
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Where Should Automation Stop?
Scrolling through TikTok one night, I came across a video that made me pause. It showed a robot standing inside...
Toxic Masculinity Online: How the ‘Manosphere’ Shapes Young Men
A teen explores ‘looksmaxxing’ programs, chasing the promise of the perfect man. Credit: Qamar With billions online, digital spaces shape how...
The Fade of Arabic Among Today’s Levantine Youth Living in the Gulf
I was sitting with my family when someone said a phrase that should have felt familiar.“Tikram Aynik.” Do it for...
Inside the Mind of a Procrastinator: Is it laziness or something deeper?
Procrastination has been following me around for years, like a shadow that is more familiar with my schedule than I...
Waiting for the Perfect Moment
A childhood sticker folder, carefully preserved since age seven, a small but telling example of how we save the things...
The rise of AI in newsrooms
Photo by: Habiba Elshennawy As artificial intelligence continues to be incorporated across different sectors, newsrooms are increasingly integrating it into...
AUD Emirati Club Celebrates Hag Al Laila
The Emirati Club at the American University in Dubai celebrated Hag Al Laila on campus, transforming the university into a...
Why Student Film Screenings Matter
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The Anthropology of Campus Social Habits
An observational look at the unspoken social maps of our university Walk into the Student Center building on any given...
Sacred Waters at Risk: Why Iraq’s Mandaeans Are Leaving Home
Pollution along the Tigris River in Iraq, where environmental decline has made the water increasingly unsafe. (Credit: Qamar Al-Samarie) The...