By India Stotesbury & Yara Sewalt. Here at Wijnhaven, we have a very multicultural community. A community that studies together, parties together, moans about gender neutral toilets together, and creates a brilliant Baismag together… But one thing we don’t do together, is celebrate the festive season: on the 25th of December most students return home... Continue Reading →

by Andra Ciuperca, Lara Govea, & Verena Zimmer. The winter holidays are approaching! And while the university grounds are alight with holiday cheer (and deadlines fear) perhaps you have been missing snuggling up with your fluffy friend from back home as of late. Or maybe you just have some extra time on your hands and... Continue Reading →

By Lis Camelia for the BASIS African Committee Wanuri Kahui is a Kenyan artist and storyteller. She is also the co-founder of AfroBubbleGum, a company that funds and promotes the telling of African stories that have no political agenda. Stories that are not specifically about tragedies and pain, but that promote the use of science... Continue Reading →

By Nicole Kadlec & Marissa Preston Over the past few weeks the Equality Committee has been visiting the homeless of The Hague, interviewing those who were willing to share their story. The project was carried out in the hope of a better understanding of the situation and of the people we see on the streets... Continue Reading →

By Kinan Aldaioub Illustration by Noor Lorist The woman in winter As if she did not feel the cold And the cold did not feel her … Do you know that feeling? When even the wind is afraid to come out In fear of the nipping cold When even the sun is silent, as if... Continue Reading →

By Delila Cataldi & Elena Mansour Illustration by Delila Cataldi A new dedicated Art and Culture feature of BAISmag; for this issue Delilah and Elena reflect on the film ‘Loving Vincent’. By the end of his life, he had created approximately 2000 paintings and sketches, of which he had sold but one. Vincent van Gogh was... Continue Reading →

With the end of the semester comes Christmas, New Year’s Eve, or whatever other holiday you celebrate back home, and this issue hopes to reflect the diverse nature of this time of year. Grab the latest BAISmag at the magazine racks in Wijnhaven or read it online at ISSUU:

By Gemma Ksenia La Guardia Dheisheh Refugee Camp sits cramped and crowded between high fences at the southern end of Bethlehem in Palestine. Established after the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, further waves of Palestinian refugees have arrived there after subsequent wars. Since 1948, it has grown in population, but hardly in size, and now houses... Continue Reading →

By Lotte Timmermans  With all of us adjusting to the Dutch autumn (which is the same as Dutch summer and winter but with even more wind), nothing beats snuggling under a warm blanket, rain trickling softly on the windows, to open the first page of a new book. Unfortunately, after hours of investing emotionally in... Continue Reading →

By Warsha Autar Dear No one, How was your month? Hopefully it was better than mine - I felt disappointed I couldn’t add anything to an MUN training, my grades weren’t as high as I had hoped, and I texted the person I liked, only to get friendzoned. Hard. Long story short, instead of feeling... Continue Reading →