Award winning BBC Special Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi has been reporting on the Middle East since 2012. Over the past three years, she has been one of the few journalists conducting firsthand reporting of the ongoing conflict in Yemen; travelling extensively… Read More ›
Esra’ Al-Naggar I am not one of those who ultimately believe that all people belonging to, say Gemini horoscope should act and dress the same. That all should have the same strengths and weaknesses, the same preferences, desires and fears…. Read More ›
Carla Delgado On various social media websites, you would often notice many people saying that they don’t know how to adult. It’s not an official word, but the term just basically means trying to be an adult. You’d see people… Read More ›
Lamiss A. Harazi A small pastry shop with a fresh scent of good bakes in her beloved country, that was her dream. Haifa Shamsan is a Yemeni entrepreneur that currently lives in Al-Riyyadh. Her long living dream was to start her own… Read More ›
Esra’ AlNaggar The world’s first coffee was planted, cultivated, and brewed in Yemen over 500 years ago. The words “mocha” and “mochaccino” that we often find on today’s coffeehouse menus are derived from the name, Al-Mokha, a port-city located in… Read More ›
Carla Delgado I was an extensive reader at a young age. I read bilingual children’s books, knowing words I didn’t even know how to pronounce because I only learned it by reading. I read almanacs and fact books as a… Read More ›
Madeleine Corley My grandmother has been urging me to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows for a while as it is one of her favorite books. She has always been fascinated with… Read More ›
Tabitha Potts The pebbles crunched beneath her feet. She was walking below the dunes, close to the sea’s edge. Seaweed lay around, flung into position by the advancing waves. Over towards the horizon she could see the revolving arms of… Read More ›
Esra’ AlNaggar “Regardless of your age, sex and physical ability exercise is crucial for your well- being.” Sounds cliche, right? Despite that, some people still do not make room for regular exercise! They often complain of having a lot of… Read More ›
Michael Prihoda 1.You’re supposed to be a writer. You go through the motions of all the trite banalities according to their typical substance. You think about drinking more than you actually drink and you wonder how a cigarette might look… Read More ›
