Once Upon a time in Turkey: The Erasmus Experience of a lifetime

Since the start of my bachelor, I knew that in my second year that I will be spending a semester abroad somewhere in the world. I didn’t pay much attention to that, my sole and main focus was studies, but little did I know that the exchange experience would be the most enriching and fruitful…

COVID-19 vs Dictators: What the hell is happening in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

I will be tackling today some particular ongoing issues that concern the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, amidst all the virus crisis, a lot of things have been happening that the mainstream media tends to ignore and give much less coverage to which is why we must stay vigilant and up to date with politics so…

Covid-19 in the age of ignorance and inequality: Islamic Demonstrations in Morocco

Sunday 22nd March around 1am, the people of the following cities : Tangier, Fes, Salé, Ksar El Kebir, Tetouan and possible other ones have witnessed a peculiar event that nobody was expecting ; some particular Salafist groups have gathered in the streets to contribute to this crisis by shouting islamic phrases such as “Allaho Akbar”…

Roaring 20s: 20 things to do before 20

  Note: For a more enhanced experience, this article is recommended to be read whilst listening to Panic! Of the Disco – Roaring 20s. Turning 20 is something that does provoke me in some particular ways the more I’m getting close to it. I will have completed 2 decades of my life; my age no…

Ongoing World War 3

Note: For a better experience, this article is recommended to be read whilst listening to Light of the Seven – Season 6 OST of GoT. Seeing the world news lately, it seems like it’s the kind of news that you see at the beginning of a movie about the apocalypse. The world has been crazier…

Fethiye #2

Fethiye or the hidden gem of Turkey’s turquoise coast, truly one of the absolute all-time favorite trips of my life. Let’s start by how I knew about it; it was thanks to a dear and special friend of mine who suggested this trip; I didn’t know anything about the place and I had no idea…

Cappadocia #1

During my Erasmus semester in Turkey, I was lucky enough to discover the best parts of all of the country and I can safely claim that Cappadocia is definitely the most unique as well as magical place there. I have spent exactly 4 days and 3 nights there and I can tell you that during…

Why Thanos might have been right

I recently stumbled upon a post that says childhood is when you idolize Avengers and adulthood is when you realize that Thanos’s way of thinking makes more sense. Needless to explain the whole Avengers plot, I shall directly elaborate why Thanos’s way of thinking is actually not as bad as it may appear to be.…

Mainstream Media’s Hypocrisy: Stoning Gay People to Death in Brunei.

Due to the amount of requests I’ve gotten to be political tonight (by that I mean like 3 of my friends) AND since I haven’t published anything for a while, I decided to rant a bit and address the very controversial BRUNEI issue concerning the Charia implemented law on homosexuality. I bet you have all…

The Opinionated Traveler – Introduction

Well, hi, long time no post. Allow me to briefly introduce myself ; my name is Alae Taybi, a childish girl who really likes to write and get into fights with random strangers on the internet. That’s basically all what you need to know for now. It has been almost a year since I started…