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Gaza: Day -1 to Day 467
467. That number still feels unreal. I still don’t believe it. It felt dystopic to sit on my couch and watch the press briefing led by...
Sama Al-Issa
Jan 163 min read


The First Moments of Freedom
In 2021, I sat in my room in Egypt, captivated by a documentary on the Syrian revolution recommended by a friend. “The Return to Homs”...
Jannah Elgamal
Dec 8, 20242 min read


Pause
Lately, my days have looked like this: I am pulled harshly from my sleep by my blaring alarm and I bumble around the house for an hour...
Daphne Soriano
Dec 5, 20243 min read


Stories from Myanmar: What the World Chose to Ignore
Content Warning: This following article contains material that might harmful and traumatizing to some audiences. To be frank, I am tired...
Khin La Pyae Wunn
Dec 5, 20245 min read


Kindness: A Missing Piece on Campus
Is it really that hard to be kind? Kindness has always bamboozled me in multiple ways. Some seem inherently tender, with not a trace of...
Jazmaine Simbulan
Nov 28, 20244 min read


Student Life or Student Strife?
Think of your first day as a GU-Q student. Your orientation, who led it? Who made sure your experience in it was smooth? Who surveyed you...
Anonymous
Nov 28, 20243 min read


Living Georgetown's Mission: A Week of Service, Justice, and Connection
In the heart of Washington, D.C., this summer, the DC-Doha Dialogue program transformed my understanding of the Jesuit value, "People for...
Nicole Irakoze
Nov 23, 20242 min read


What If They Had Knocked on the Walls of the Tank? On Genocide and “Men in the Sun”
Ghassan Kanafani ends his brilliant novel, “Men in the Sun” with the line, “Why have they not knocked on the walls of the tank?” The...
Jannah Elgamal
Nov 19, 20243 min read


How The Fashion Industry Predicted Trump’s Win
Fashion is often seen as a reflection of trends, but rarely do we consider it as a window into the political landscape. Yet in recent...
Rania Harrara
Nov 16, 20242 min read


The Election Post-Mortem: The Death of Identity Politics
A couple of weeks ago, at our very own "Prospects for U.S. Democracy" event, I tossed a zinger at the panel: With polls showing a virtual...
Raed Asad
Nov 16, 20249 min read


GU-Q’s “Hard” Limits on Free Speech: Censorship of Everyday Language
At a time when universities should be encouraging open dialogue and self-expression, GU-Q’s recent censorship of a seemingly innocuous...
Rania Harrara
Nov 5, 20243 min read


Guys, History is Good
Some say, “You should study something more useful, like Computer Science or Economics, stop fussing over your history degree every day.”...
Zhenghe Qian
Oct 31, 20245 min read


GU-Q’s Not-So-Sustainable “Sustainability Week”
As our university wraps up its annual Sustainability Week, it's time to take a hard look at our approach to environmental stewardship....
Anonymous
Oct 6, 20243 min read


The Fall of an Iron Lady: How a Student-Led Uprising Ended Hasina's 15-Year Rule
Photo credit: The Guardian The Bangladesh Awami League, one of the country's oldest political parties, has played a pivotal role in...
Ishfak Farhan Siyam
Sep 30, 202414 min read


A Case of Morality: Is Now the Right Time to Reimagine?
Everyday since October 7 of last year, we awake to news of the genocide worsening. The people and their lives are being constantly...
Jannah Elgamal
Sep 28, 20244 min read


Questions of Priorities: The Hidden Cost of Silence
Every morning, before the clock strikes 9 a.m., the student body receives their daily email from GU-Q Today. But then, a mere 30 minutes...
Anonymous
Sep 21, 20243 min read


Modi's Decade: Development, Controversy, and the Quest for a Third Term
In 2014, as the Indian National Congress-led UPA coalition was struggling under the weight of numerous corruption scandals, India's...
Siyam
Jun 2, 202411 min read


Do Grades Hinder the Learning Experience?
Recently, I have come across a discussion post asking if grades ruin students’ ability to learn freely in an academic setting. According...
Alex Bonjoc
Jun 2, 20242 min read


A Journal Without Borders: GJIA Builds Bridges Across Georgetown
The separation between DC and Doha is real. At least in the DC campus, a majority of the students do not think about Doha, the GU-Q...
Samuel Chang
Apr 9, 20242 min read


قالوا أتجعل فيها من يفسد فيها ويسفك الدماء
منذ بداية الخليقة وخروج آدم من الجنة تتجلى حكم الله في كل الأمور، وقد لا يستوعبها عقلنا البشري ولا يتقبلها، ولكنها تبقى موجودة في الخفاء....
Anonymous
Oct 23, 20233 min read
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