Category: To Be an Arab American
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Why I had decided to attend Ivy Arab Conference at Columbia University

While sitting down at a Starbucks in Montreal in the Spring of 2016, I received messages from a long-time friend about an Arab-student conference that would take place at Columbia University. The title of the conference: Ivy Arab Conference. That’s a name with big implications. Arab students within Ivy league colleges are among some of the…
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If you Want to #YallaVote, Think Slow, not Fast

I want you to follow these two instructions. First, take a look at the picture below then decide which individual you like the most within the photo. Now, solve the following without a calculator: 17 x 24 = ? If you are at least slightly informed about the U.S. elections (and if you actually tried…