Nationalism slowly turns into xenophobia when we start to prioritize our own over others, forgetting that we are all humans at the end of the day and that race and ethnicity are social constructs created to ease the process of conformity and control over “citizens.”
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The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) promptly passed a resolution on December 21, with an overwhelming 128 Member States voting against Trump’s decision.
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Distance does make the heart grow fonder, and so I am thankful the semester is finally over and that I made it out most importantly in one whole, physically and emotionally.
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After 12 years in the same house, going up the same stairs every day and sitting down at the same table for breakfast, lunch and dinner, I was to say goodbye.
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Under the patriarchal structure of sectarianism, the lives of women are shaped by the custodianship of men who usually have the final say in all their personal matters.
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In the middle of Bekka Valley, in a school with rubble instead of grass, and a refugee camp for neighbors, the girls radiated nothing but positive energy.
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Many see Hariri’s abrupt move as suspicious and odd, given his claims of foreign intervention and fears of assassination as the main reason behind his resignation.
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Being homesick means so much more than simply missing your hometown. At first you conclude that ‘home’ is just a fictional space, and that what is home is who you find at ‘home.’
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They tell you a lot about spending a semester abroad but they don’t tell you that rather than simply missing all of your previous privileges, you grow hyper-aware but thankful for having had them in the first place.
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