The Underlying Turf War Between Raseef and Taht Al-Shajarah
As students settle once more in the spring semester, and the temperature is at its icy peak, customers repopulate the campus’ surrounding restaurants and cafés, reigniting that cozy, wintery vibe that is so revered. That’s no different for resto/cafes like Raseef or Taht Al-Shajarah. Not too far away from each other, and not too different…
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Climate Apathy: Why We Choose Not To Look Up
A 9km wide asteroid is hurtling towards Earth, very likely to strike the planet with enough force to wipe out all traces of human civilization and push the reset button on all life Earth has seen so far. This cataclysmic extinction event, one would expect, should cause mass hysteria and panic, and should warrant an…
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State Lab Chemists Go Rogue: Drug Scandal of the Century
What seems to be the greatest problem facing criminal justice systems throughout history is their staggering reliance on human work. Why? Because humanity is undoubtedly flawed. Naturally born sinners, humans possess an inherent penchant to breach moral laws and ethics. Despite all that, one entity views itself immune to human error: science. Exempted from fallacy,…
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Genetic Engineering in Medicine: Darwin’s Evolution on Steroids?
Go back in time to the late 19th century and imagine yourself being told that in a couple of decades, the internet and smartphones would take over your life and revolutionize the way you live. You would have laughed at such a claim; but now, it is a reality…a breakthrough of immense magnitude which, without…
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Cinema and Theatre in the Pandemic Era
Some of the most common and unanimously enjoyed activities around the globe are watching either a film or a play in theatres. Both have a shared characteristic, being surrounded by strangers in a packed room and reacting at the same time, laughing, crying, or screaming at the screen from excitement. This act of synchronization is…
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The Need for a Holistic Sexual Education in Lebanese Schools
School is one of the primary hubs for children and adolescents to develop their identities and self-explore in a healthy manner far from shame, stigma, and judgement. Schools must cater to their students’ curiosities to nurture their growth and development through the help of experts in a multitude of fields, namely sexual and reproductive health…
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Rhymes and a Beat: Why Rap is Dominating Music
35 out of 100 songs on Apple Music’s Top 100 charts are rap songs. 35 might seem like a small number, and perhaps objectively, it is. But I invite you to consider how many genres of music exist today, and you’ll soon come to the realization that 35 is not a small number. To put…
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HIV Vaccines: Four Decades of Learning From Failure
“At times I feel my body has been transformed into a factory of infection, a vessel of virus. The wheels and cogs are constantly turning, manufacturing more toxins and poisons. My body is merely the host” – David B. Feinberg (American writer and AIDS activist) Since the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, around 36 million…
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The World of Etel Adnan
Last week, famous Lebanese poetess and artist Etel Adnan passed away at the age of 96. It is hard to adequately summarize the breadth, the depth, and the impact of her contributions to our understanding of contemporary humanism and her employment of a confluence of artistic and literary themes. She leaves behind a poetic and…
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