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Issue 24: Diverse December
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: Continue reading
Between a Rock and a Hard State: Growing up as a Political Prisoner
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
Literary Love of your Life
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
Dear No One
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
But have you been there yet? The Hague Cosy Edition
Winter in The Netherlands, if you haven’t already noticed, is cold, wet, and windy. Once daylight savings kick in, it feels like there are only a few hours of light a day, and those hours are never guaranteed to have sun. However, cheer up, as The Hague does have a few cosy and affordable corners … Continue reading
Why is it as it is?
By Kinan Aldaioub (IRO) I was born in Syria but left when I was 6 years old, when my parents and I moved with dreams of living in the West in peace, in privilege and in happiness. So far, it’s been one hell of an experience, but I remain spiritually divided. Only half of me … Continue reading
International Superstitions
By Jitze de Vries There are some celebrations that you can never have enough of. Don’t we all wish Christmas lasted all the way into January, or that we had birth-weeks instead of birthdays. In the same way, I haven’t been able to shake the Halloween mood yet, so why relapse on the drug of … Continue reading
Issue 22: Self-care
The new BAISmag is around the theme of Self-Care, with everything from Peruvian recipes to motivational tips, to keep you going in these dark and dreary November days. Grab it now at the magazine racks in Wijnhaven, or check it online at ISSUU: Continue reading
The Great Debate: Western Media
What about Everybody Else? By Jitze De Vries Over 400 deaths. 600 more missing. A large city was the target of mother nature yet again, destroying everything in her path. However, as many of you might think of Houston, Florida or perhaps Bangladesh, these figures actually belong to a somewhere a shorter plane-ride away, yet … Continue reading
Shawarma Karma: Misguided Magnanimity in Moscow
By Francis Farrell How should one feel when they get mistaken for the poor, the homeless, or the begging? What does it say about us and our society when this occurs? I sure as hell haven’t figured out the answer, but a recent couple of incidents in Moscow, exactly one week apart, where the universe seemed … Continue reading
