The hope and promise of AUB students

The hope and promise of AUB students

The hope and promise of AUB students Hady, biology/premed, 2021 I am Palestinian and have a wonderful family. I dreamed when I was a child of finding a place where I felt like I belong. Never did I think that that place might be AUB. To be honest, I feel guilty being...
Stranded on campus

Stranded on campus

Features Stranded on Campus By Eric Eyges Spring/Summer 2020 Like most of us, Oussema Ksiaa (BA expected ’20), a Tunisian MEPI scholar at AUB studying political science, didn’t know what to make of the novel coronavirus at first. He read the news like everyone else,...
Published & Produced

Published & Produced

Features Published & Produced By MainGate Staff Spring/Summer 2020 Art Written Word Fourteen, Traditional Emirati Talli thread and acrylic paint on wood, 80x80cm, Year 2020 Artist Noura Ali-Ramahi (BBA ’97): Learn more about Noura in this issue’s...
A virologist speaks

A virologist speaks

  Features A virologist speaks by MainGate Staff Spring/Summer 2020 In an interview last April, Nada Melhem discussed the pandemic. She explained that COVID-19 (“CO” for corona, “VI” for virus, “D” for disease, “19” for year originated) is caused by the severe...
Two different kinds of contamination

Two different kinds of contamination

  Features Two different kinds of contamination by MainGate Staff Spring/Summer 2020 Noor Jaber Chehayeb (MPH ’17) was at her apartment in Rabat, Morocco, when the COVID-19 lockdown went into effect. She’d arrived in the country five days earlier as a newly...