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Poetry, Prose, and Postscript
Zoe Jane Patterson and Vamika Sinha talk with us about their writing and their online literary magazine, Postscript.
Open Studios Shows Artists are Scientific Too
Yasmeen Tajiddin meditates on the benefits of taking a rigorous approach to writing and singing.
The Present is Female
A list of 12 novels you should read by NYUAD alum and current Stanford doctoral student Nikolaj Ramsdal Nielsen.
Can Literature Survive Twitter?
What happens to literature in the age of Twitter? Can it survive our increasingly short attention spans?
What are Visual Novels?
Julián Carrera explores the contours of this emerging genre.
Danabelle Gutierrez on Writing Poetry in the UAE
The poet talks about writing poems and the UAE literary scene.
The Seams Behind a Seamless Production
Yasmeen Tajiddin reveals what it took to mount the recent NYUAD production of Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle.
Noxchi Eat Galnish
Anita Shishani meditates on the importance of this dish to Chechen cultural identity.
Narrativizing the Refugee
Chiran Pandey explores the strengths and limitations of Caroline Brothers’s novel Hinterland.
Trust, Society, and Manipulated Video
Karno Dasgupta discusses the threats posed by deepfake videos.
What Kind of Work Is Live Streaming?
Do we need to rethink our notions of work and labor to understand China’s live streaming boom?
Beyond Journalism
Zoe Patterson reads Caroline Brothers’s Hinterland and reflects on what a novel can do that journalism can’t.
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From the Archives
Card Games in Nepal
The game is reasonably straightforward. Pass cards around from one player to another until someone collects a set of four. Each player can only hold four cards in her hand at once, and choosing to keep a new card means discarding another. This game can be played in a...
50 Dirhams a Day: Abu Dhabi
Exploring the area around Abu Dhabi’s first-ever movie theater, the El Dorado.
The Crochet Coral Reef Project Comes to Abu Dhabi
What can crochet do to help save the planet? Chaeri Lee investigates
Art and Activism with Zena el Khalil
Khadija Toor explores the links between art and activism when she attends a workshop led by the Beiruti artist Zena el Khalil.
Video-Game Puppetry and the Sieges of Rome
Video game characters used as puppets to tell stories from the classical tradition? Kevin Riordan reports on Eddie Kim’s machinima theater productions
What’s On Your Bookshelf: Reindert Falkenburg
Maheen Zahra and Helina Ygleta talk to the art historian about what he’s been reading.
Electra Street is a multimedia journal of the arts and humanities published under the auspices of NYU Abu Dhabi.
If you’re interested in working for or contributing to Electra Street,
please contact us at nyuad.electrastreet@nyu.edu