To my Queens College colleagues and friends, there are some things you should know before you vote for your 2017-18 student government: who’s running and where is your $6.00 semester fee going? Let’s find out. SFC, or Students For Change has been in power for 6 years. They’ve hosted hundreds of events, brought people like […]
With tears streaming down her face, she kissed my cheek, and in that moment I knew my childhood was over. It was the epitome of a bittersweet moment; from this woman’s suffering, my future flashed before my eyes. Her tears expressed joy and thanks, but hidden behind her brown irises and dark pupils I could […]
On Saturday, June 6th, 2015, I was able to take part in school day trip to Nizwa fort, in Oman’s old capital city of Nizwa, and Misfat Al Abreyyin–a 4,000 year old continuously inhabited village. It was about a two-hour drive away from Muscat. Our driver, Munthir Al Nomani, was dressed very casually. It made […]
At the end of spring semester 2015 I was blessed with the opportunity to study Arabic in Oman, a Gulf Arab country on the Arabian peninsula bordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea. I applied for and won two awards, the Benjamin A. […]
