She begins to take off her shoes. She looks at her wrists and takes her watch off to make sure it doesn’t add a gram or two. Her whole body…
She wakes up at 7 a.m., goes to her first class at 8 and, by 10 a.m., she is ready to go to work. She then cleans the bathroom, arranges…
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“Read from page 15 till page 20 for Thursday,” the political science instructor wrote with confidence on the board. Complaints interrupted him. “Doctor, we have midterms,” somebody said. The instructor…
I am always asked: “What are you majoring in?” A simple question that requires an even simpler answer: “Journalism.” What always shocks me is the flabbergasted look I see on…
Rima, a 42-year-old mother of three, comfortably lounges on a tanning bed while she sips chilled carrot juice and adjusts her sunglasses. No one could mistake that smile on her…
It’s midterm time. Surrounded by piles of books and papers, Riva El Assaad, a pre-med student at LAU, looks very anxious. Lucky enough, she has a friend next to her.…
Umm Omar is a 54-year-old woman with dark hair and light blue eyes. People fear her and try to avoid her because, they say, she has the power to cause…