Reflective Diary

Five root causes of poverty

Generally, poverty can be defined as a state whereby an individual’s income is inadequate and cannot cover the basic needs. When there...

All nations are either preparing for war, at war or recovering from war

In today’s lecture, Prof Omar Farouk was discussing about the world wars, peacekeeping, and the achievements that the United Nations has...

Each uprising is more terrible than its former one

The Arab spring or revolution started in Tunisia, a half-African-half-Arabian country, in late 2010 and early 2011. The revolution in...

UN: No organization is infallible

In this lecture, we have discussed and learnt about the United Nations and its structure. It is known in worldwide that the United...

Democracy has its advantages and disadvantages

As I have learned the definition of democracy in my high school, it is ‘by the people, for the people’ which means that it is a system...

Conflict is natural. The problem comes when you do not handle it properly

I have attended the first session of the lecture which was about the different types of conflicts, how they arise, and the geographical...

I never ate at McDonalds

Junk food and me During the first days of my stay in AIU, some of my country-mates suggested that we should go out for shopping and also...

Independence and Colonization

This was my first tutorial with Dr. Hamid Reza and the second tutorial of the Current Affairs course since the beginning of the...