There is so much we will never know  unspoken words  hushed whispers conversations behind closed doors We walk around carrying so much in our hearts unexpressed admiration apologies never uttered suppressed yearning Wouldn’t life feel so light  if we were to have open hearts open minds and our truth out all the time Looking at you from afar I have so much to say but no courage to support my words I wonder  is there anything you wish to say to me? I hope we find our voices our

Current Affairs . The phrase carries weight. In the email announcing the launch of the series, GU-Q described it as a “bold public series born for these destabilizing times. As power is asserted, contested, and reconfigured before our eyes, this series slows the churn of the news and turns to the intellectual force of this community to examine what has just occurred and what it sets in motion.” It is an ambitious promise, one that asks not just for expertise, but for care in

Professor Paul and Professor Clyde in a Dialogue: International Law Has Massively Suffered Under the U.S. Raid in Venezuela It truly feels like a funeral. I am relatively early and the room is already bursting. People are squeezing, more and more are rushing in at the last minute. Instead of engaging in a costly search for a vacant seat, many accept their fate and lean against the wall. Arms crossed and back pressed to the cool enclosure of the room, they start waiting impati

Being Aware of Disabilities Does Not Necessarily Encourage Students to Ask for Accommodations Coming back from a 10-day study trip at the American University in Cairo (AUC) has made one thing crystal clear: Georgetown University in Qatar is, by far, less representative of students with disabilities than AUC and other American universities in the U.S. What is the reason for the absence of students with disabilities on our GUQ campus? Is it merely "healthy" demographics that pr

Yesterday, I sent my mom a dot on WhatsApp to see if she’s online, like always. She wasn't, but I knew that she was on her way back to Ramallah after a short weekend in her hometown, Beit Ummar – a village on the outskirts of the infamous Hebron city, known for its original “ancient” leather shoes, perhaps the best Palestinian production. Naboly, since 1945, “Best leather comfort shoes." They're so good and durable that they last for generations; a son wears his father’s Nabo

ولادتي لم تكن في أحضان الوطن، بل شاءت الأقدار أن أولد في بلدٍ اقترن بكرة القدم اقتران الشهيق والزفير. دولة قطر التي احتضنت كأس العالم، وكأس آسيا، وبطولاتٍ شتى، تعود اليوم لتستقبل كأس العرب، وقد باتت نهايته على الأبواب. وسط هذا الزخم العالمي، بدا من المستحيل التواري عن الحدث. امتلأت منصات التواصل بالتحليلات الرياضية، والاحتفالات الجماعية، وحتى النزاعات التي أعادت إحياء انقسامات قديمة تحت غطاء المنافسة. لم أكن يومًا من المهتمين بكرة القدم، وحاولت، كعادتي، الاستمرار في روتيني ال