By: Dara Mohd Upon telling a person that I’m from Palestine, they’d stare at me in confusion, not even knowing what country I was talking about. I would have to say Israel, the ‘country’ that terrorized my people, for them … Continue reading Growing Up Palestinian, But Not Home
By: Hanya I was three years younger than the woman who writes today, 13. I was a thirteen-year-old kid, too exhausted, always fighting and screaming, finding it impossible to get her narrative across and to hold back her tears. Told … Continue reading Three Years I’ve Been Wearing a Cross and Crescent Pendant, and Wow…
By: Nour Jumma Trigger Warning: mentions of sexual harassment, assault, emotional blackmail, revenge pornography and r*pe. Please, if you know this has the potential to affect you, don’t read it. Writing this was extremely mentally draining. After every response I … Continue reading 6 Teen Girls Tell Us Their Stories with Revenge Porn
By: Ali Sakr TW: mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and their aftermaths. I was going to start this how I think we’re used to seeing it. An attempt to shed light on how much of an issue sexual assault … Continue reading We Talk to 5 Boys About Their Experience With Sexual Assault
By: Rawan Khalil Disclaimer: The purpose of this article is not to encourage anyone to do these things but just talking about the realities of some teenagers’ lives. When I was sitting peacefully in my room – totally not having … Continue reading 11 Things We Kinda Miss Doing Behind Our Parents’ Backs
By: Zeina El Mofty If you’re a part of the minority of people who have read my very first articles, you’d know that I’m not a very lovey-dovey person. You’d also know that I have minimal experience, and I still … Continue reading Quarantine Diaries #6 – Ektashaft That I’m the Person Who Complains About Being Single but Pushes People Away 24/7
By: Mariam El Naggar I lost a chocolate bar yesterday. In normal circumstances, I would’ve just found another one. But in the strange condition self-isolation has left me in, not being able to eat my chocolate was enough to make … Continue reading Quarantine Diaries #5 – Being on My Period Does NOT Invalidate My Emotions
By: Rawan Khalil Society holds men to a high standard of roughness expecting them to mask their emotions as it “emasculates” them. Men are supposed to swallow the rough pills of their pain, despite being human. To fit into society’s … Continue reading 8 Boys Admit to Being Body Shamed and Tell Us What It’s Like
Ok so, here is a very brief background story 3ashan tefhamo el situation. I’m Salma and my parents got divorced when I was about 8 years old. Both of them remarried and I have a bunch of step sisters and … Continue reading Quarantine Diaries #4 – On Living Between Divorced Parents During This Pandemic
By: Rawan Khalil I have been living with my trich for years and over that period of time, I noticed that my trich is a taker and not a giver. My hair pulling has taken away so much from me; … Continue reading Quarantine Diaries #3 – Living With Trichotillomania
