Denmark Diaries: Chapter One
But it’s getting better every day; I ride with a little more confidence and cross the streets where I’m not supposed to with a little less fear.
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Opinion
Viewpoints, commentary and perspectives from The Caravan
The Anxious Writer: Chapter One
It all felt like a regular conversation until we uttered the word, “anxiety” and I could suddenly see every moment I thought I was going to die materialize before me. I recalled every time the Google search suggested a different disease.
Read More«.الطيور التي تولد فـي القفص، سرعان ما تهجره عند أول فرصة تتاح لها»
كنت أتصفح بعض المنشورات على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي، فيسبوك كالعادة حتى لفت نطري منشورا يقول «الطيور التي تولد في القفص، تعتقد أن الحرية جريمة.»
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Letter From Lebanon: Miles Away From Privilege
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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Letter from South Africa: A Long Walk through the Apartheid Museum
Take the word ‘apartheid’ for example — rarely does the mere mention of the word ever convey many feelings or emotions upon hearing it, regardless of all the cruelty it is charged with.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Stop the Subcontracting!
If the housekeeping staff becomes subcontracted, they will no longer see AUC as a place of employment, but merely as a site of work.
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13 Reasons Why and the Dangers of Glorifying Suicide
The day Netflix aired 13 Reasons Why I felt a knot form in the pit of my stomach.
Read MoreLetter from Nepal: What Development Won’t Tell You about the Third World
We often have a certain stock image of what constitutes an underdeveloped country: heavily crowded, dirty slums, high crime rates and possible political unrest spread throughout. During Spring Break I visited the anomaly of all underdeveloped countries: Nepal.
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Eye in the Sky: Senate Awaits Policy on Security Cameras
After a protracted delay, the AUC Senate last week discussed the issue of surveillance cameras on campus and whether these impinged on academic freedom and privacy.
Read MoreWhen Will it be My Time to March? Women in the Contemporary Public Space
Egyptian women have never owned any aspect of the public space, not only when it comes to protesting, but even when it comes to exercising some of the simplest and most basic rights like going out for a walk at night or wearing what would be seen as ‘revealing’ — all signs that a woman is “asking for it”.
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