By: Aliah What does it mean to belong? According to Google, the official definition of belonging is having ‘an affinity for a place or situation.’ Yet, the word can be interpreted in many different ways. Some may choose to take … Continue reading On Belonging: Growing Up Between Two Cultures and Two Religions
By: Nour Jumma Photo by Saudi artist Zahra Dar Bundakji Is it shameful to eat when you’re hungry? To sleep when you’re tired? To shower? To yawn? To drink when thirsty? To itch your arm? To brush your teeth? To … Continue reading 13 Arab Teen Girls Tell Their Testimonies of Desire, Self-Pleasure, and Shameful Denial
By: Rawan Khalil Going abroad for uni is a process, but at the time of Corona, it happens to be a lot more like going through the seven rings of hell. Let me explain. Take a deep breath and be … Continue reading Traveling to University for My Freshman Year in the Middle of a Global Pandemic
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
