Student Articles

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Science16 SEPT · 1 MIN READ

How we designed a robot that sorts waste

When the science club asked us for an Innovation Week project, we were not looking for a robot. We were looking for a problem. Half an hour watching one bin Seven in ten containers went to the wrong…Khalid Al-Shammari and 2 others Opinion12 SEPT · 1 MIN READ

A book that changed how I think

It was not on the syllabus. I found it on the third shelf of the library, the one nobody reaches, and I read the first twenty pages standing up. Reading it twice, a week apart The first read was for…Noura Al-Otaibi

Interview2 SEPT · 1 MIN READ

The physics teacher who opens with one question

Every lesson starts the same way: one question on the board, and no answer until somebody asks for it. "I am not trying to be mysterious" "If I give the answer first, the question disappears," she…Reem Al-Harbi Literature28 AUG · 1 MIN READ

Palm Shadow — a short piece

At noon the shade was a single line across the asphalt. We walked it like a tightrope, heel to toe, all the way to the gate. By the second break it had moved, and the game was over until tomorrow.Sara Al-Dosari Sport25 AUG · 1 MIN READ

Nine minutes that decided the first match

From the bench you see the shape of it before anyone else does — the way the other team stops talking to each other. You see the shape of it before anyone else does. Nine minutes later it was…Turki Al-Assaf