On a cold, winter’s evening in 2008, I landed in a country empty and mysterious to me, with nothing but sand dunes as far as the eye could see. I was with my mother, and we were going there to live with my father. Eighteen winters have come and gone since then and, in that time, most of my childhood memories have faded, save for a few captured in grainy, nostalgic videos and photographs. Despite this, I still remember distinctly how my father held me in his arms, having not s

At the beginning of October, the Gazette’s board approached me and asked that I write a piece on disability, in conjunction with the month’s theme. I said “sure,” and set about thinking up an idea for an article about disability.  I kept coming up blank. In truth, I don’t think about disability all that much. It does not come up in my daily life as something to consider. I do not speak often about it with friends, family, or any communities I’m part of–including here at GU-

It is not beyond Georgetown’s capabilities, as a school of foreign service, to get involved in authentic conversations about Sudan. Those conversations, untainted by Western influence and opinions, exist within this very country. They are happening a few streets away from GU-Q in Al Jazeera Mubasher. This means the most authentic conversations on Sudan are happening in Arabic, and though I do not accept the ‘language divide’ excuse, it does create a wedge between Sudanese peo

Afghans - A Colorful People, Deeply Misunderstood AK-47s, Tank Wrecks, Blue Shuttlecock Burqas, A Series of Lethal Earthquakes and A Shut Down of the Internet... ...Afghanistan has always been associated with warfare rather than with welfare, with coercion rather than with cooperation, with terrorism rather than with hospitality. No wonder the first question I received after coming back from my summer trip was, "Why did you go there ?"– initially, this question evoked inexpre

“To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose...

266 days ago, I sat in this exact headspace . It was day 467 of the genocide. The number felt crazy at the time. Today, it is day 733 of...

I write this on October 6, 2025, and I can only think: what if the clock were to turn back two years, to October 6, 2023? A day before...

I. the pain of the world has left scars on us all,  which grow deeper and more painful each day.  its welts have turned black and...

Hear ye, hear ye, Bring silence to fall on your tongues! Your Highness commands it! Though still, pale-legged, The Great Crown of Your...

History repeats itself. Exactly 51 years ago, corruption and tyranny plagued the Philippines as former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr....

Massacres, sexual violence as a weapon of war, poisoning, mass graves, slave markets, settler colonialism. A genocide and a war that has...

On July 15, Georgetown’s interim president, Robert Groves, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce in a...

He wasn’t looking to leave Columbia. But when the call came to continue building Georgetown University in Qatar, Dr. Safwan Masri saw...

Let history bear witness that when confronted with genocide, Georgetown chose investment portfolios over human lives. In the early hours...

When I was on the main campus in the Fall Semester of 2023, the Qatari ambassador to the U.S. addressed my class on Iran and the Gulf...

In the height of GU-Q’s election season, an initiative by the current SGA president, Nagla Abdelhady called for a debate between those in...

The Georgetown community seems to have moved on. The outrage and care that once surrounded the Palestinian cause on this campus has...

I was driving a car today. A whole metallic body was moving according to my personal desire. I pressed on the pedals carefully to speed...

“Initiative is to success, what a lighted match is to a candle.” - OA Battista During a time in which actions are hardest to hide, due to...

I was hosting a game for prospective Georgetown students, all of whom ranged from grades 10 to 12. Divided into groups, they were tasked...