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“Food for People, Not for Profit” – How Maastricht University Students are Transforming Local Food Systems
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Maastricht. In the sustainability hub, a group of Maastricht University (UM) students gather to unload...
Dominique Berendsen
2 hours ago


Who Brought TEFAF’s 2025 Trophy?
Front and center at TEFAF is the Landau Fine Art Gallery. Their relatively large stand at 414 is earned by frequenting Europe's finest...
Emma Godfried
2 days ago

A Day at TEFAF 2025
For a second, the only sound you hear is the little beep of your ticket being scanned, your fingers grasping it gently in fear of...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
5 days ago

TEFAF 2025: Van Cleef & Arpels: more than the Alhambra
Van Cleef & Arpels is perhaps most known today for its iconic Alhambra. The clover charm almost serves as a logo for the brand itself....
Charlotte Godfried
Mar 22

The Great Exhaustion
In 2026, we are expected to be tired. Or we already are. Habitually, we are deleting social media applications from our phones in a...
Brooke Betten
Mar 21

How “The Godfather” altered our perception of the Mafia
Growing up in Sicily, I was inevitably made aware that my beloved land, even though beautiful, was haunted by an unspoken shadow: “Cosa...
Elide Saia
Mar 19

A Short Interview With Nowhere Girl
If you are a seeker of fervent poetry and unforgiving summer heat and ways to turn life to art and art to life until the two are one and...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 23

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show and the Politics of Performance
Except if you live in a cave, you could not have missed the annual U.S. Superbowl game, which took place in New Orleans (Louisiana) on...

The Baby Name Craze
Baby names. For some people, especially women and girls, the act of naming their baby, whether they are expecting it or not, is a ritual....
Elena Bovée
Feb 20

“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”: an interview on Islamophobia and racism after last summer’s events in the UK
On July 29 2024 in Southport, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana was arrested after repeatedly stabbing three little girls as they left a Taylor...
Esther Wolff
Feb 19


Love is For The Ones Who Love the Work
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Feb 15


FashionClash: The art/tech/research nexus: Making sense of fashion through the eyes of an Arts, Science and Technology Studies student
For the rest of the world, life goes on as usual. Women and men, sitting together at round café tables, sipping coffee and chatting about...
Carolina Scheuch
Feb 12

China’s Solar Oceans
On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...
Jaap Steunenberg
Feb 11

Silent Suffering: China's hidden grasp on Hong Kong
When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...
Patrycja Tobola
Feb 10

The Trial of Luigi Mangione and the American HealthCare System
On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...
Elena Bovée
Jan 23

A Tiny Hole Has Appeared in China’s Great Firewall
‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...
Jaap Steunenberg
Jan 22


A Small Collection of Poetry for the Winter
The Space Between the Snow and the Sparrows After a tiresome trip, I made it back home for Christmas. I had not been feeling it this...


FashionClash Film Programme: Mutual Attraction
In 100 Years of the Fashion Film , Marketa Uhlirova describes the relationship between fashion and cinema as a “mutual attraction.” In...
A.G Thor and Charlotte Godfried
Dec 19, 2024


Knitting in Norway: A Steady Hype
Knitting is going through a revival across social media, but in Norway, it was never dead. When I started my exchange in Trondheim,...
Fin Gerke
Dec 15, 2024


Has the royal family in Spain become a symbol of division instead of unity?
The Spanish monarchy is a subject of significant divide within Spanish society. Indeed, the royal family raises many questions from a...
Jade Thiebaut
Dec 5, 2024

“If Crisis Comes” Lessons from Sweden and the Nordics on War
For the next two weeks, in addition to their weekly magazines and newspapers, millions of Swedes will receive in their mailboxes what...
Alexiane François
Nov 25, 2024


To Live is to Perform: The Self-Fictionalisation of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin (1903 - 1977) was a novelist and a diarist who, in her tender, soulful works, tangled the imaginative nature of fiction with...
Beatrice Vaitkeviciute
Nov 19, 2024

Culture For a Cause: How DANA Maastricht is supporting Flood Recovery in Valencia
Once again, students have shown what they are capable of. After the catastrophic flooding in Valencia, which cost over 200 lives and...
Jakob Aufenberg
Nov 18, 2024


Why I Don't Biohack - and Neither Should You
Top foods for skin health, supplements for longevity, cold plunges, blue light blocking glasses, inflammation, red light therapy,...
Carolina Scheuch
Nov 15, 2024


Clinitex: a Company Inspired by the Montessori Pedagogy
Founded in 1980 by Thierry Pick in his parents' garage in France, Clinitex is now a major player in professional cleaning, with over...
Faustine Rocoplan
Nov 13, 2024

Femicides in Turkey: A National Emergency
The republic of Türkiye, majorly known as Turkey internationally, is a country in the Middle East famous for its tourist spots and...
Sena Gonel
Nov 13, 2024

Why Does Albania Plan to Build an Islamic Vatican City?
Most microstates come into being through a quirk of history. Take the Vatican, for example, created in a compromise between the Pope and...
Jaap Steunenberger
Nov 8, 2024

Dear Diary, It’s Me, I’m the Problem (and I’m Singing About It) - ‘Sad Girl Pop’ as a Tool for Introspection
As the days get rainier, windier, and colder, autumn brings with it an air of melancholy. It is once again the season of yearning through...
Mahault Etienne
Oct 30, 2024
A chat with Wilson Fache: how war reporting is navigating a new wave of civilian journalism
“Journalism was not a child's dream”, says Wilson Fache, winner of the Albert Londres Prize and independent war reporter born in...
Ana Navarro Bullo
Aug 28, 2024

The Cultural Tapestry of Hong Kong: Understanding how different cultures find identity
The day is humid as heat blankets the pedestrians walking through the streets of Hong Kong. The sound of lapping water from the harbour...
Sofia van Trooijen
Jul 11, 2024
02.06.2024: Elections bonanza
Sunday Summary 02-06-2024: Last week saw the conclusion of three more elections in the veritable voting bonanza that is 2024 and all...
Matthijs Lenaerts
Jun 8, 2024

Read this before volunteering abroad this summer
As the cold city becomes slightly warmer, thoughts of the up-and-coming summer fill our minds. What are you going to do? Visit family? Go...
Raquel Ureña
Jun 7, 2024


Transcending Walls: The Power of Art in Times of Crisis
There are walls. Grey walls, towering ominously into the sky. Some of them have ropes or ladders to climb them, some are naked. Some are...
Becci Niederhoff
Jun 6, 2024

Alison Jackson's "Truth is Dead" Exhibition - A Provocative Dive into Celebrity Culture
In anticipation of Museum Night on April 19th, a friend and I went to Alison Jackson's exhibition "Truth is Dead" which is being...
Amira Hamadeh
Apr 14, 2024

Marres - A Space for Personal Development and Reflection in Maastricht
At Marres, the House for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht, the visitor and not the artist is at the center of attention. The space at...
Célia Beckmann & Anahita Lotfollahzadeh
Apr 5, 2024


Who’s Taylor Swift Anyway - Ew
Taylor Swift. At this point, one may be sick at the mere mention of her name. The singer-songwriter has been in the spotlight for over 15...
Elena Bovée
Feb 11, 2024


Why you shouldn’t ignore the Duolingo bird
If you are a language enthusiast, chances are you’ve already received those Duolingo notifications reminding you that it was time for...
Sarah Dargento
Feb 6, 2024


"Hey you! Do you know what an Alleycat is?"
Alleycat Maastricht, bringing the Bike Messenger Community back If you go around the city of Maastricht, riding your bike randomly, maybe...
Sarah Hourquet
Dec 8, 2023
Türkiye at 100: A Janus country
For the past month, the streets and skies of Istanbul have been coloured with a sea of red and white flags flapping alongside portraits...
Ninetin Lu
Oct 30, 2023

Estival recommendations
Attempting to escape from the capitalist society in which I live- gosh, my life is so hard- I've endeavored away from consumption this...
Leilani Radaideh
Jul 17, 2023

Re-envisioning religion - Verhoeven´s feminine chapel
As I enter the room, daylight shines through brightly painted windows, casting warm, playful reflections of light on the walls covered...
Maya Müller-Perron
May 28, 2023


Fostering Good Practice in International Volunteering
Tips to avoid pitfalls and enhance your positive impact International volunteering is a fast-changing and exponentially growing field....
Guest Writer
May 27, 2023


The Long Shadow of Lex Oppia
She passes a hand through her many stolas, indecisive as to what to wear. Settling for a simple yet elegant maroon, the fabric slips...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger & Sofia van Trooijen
May 25, 2023


A tale of a former arctic
The year is 2045. Osuitok, now an old man, steps out of his truck, puts on his jacket and backpack, and sets off. His destination is the...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
May 25, 2023


Let’s talk: FGM and Reproductive Health Rights
Ever heard of FGM? Whether you have or not, it would be useful to clarify that this acronym stands for Female Genital Mutilation,...
Lisa Feldstein & Federica Broggi
May 25, 2023


Return pain - Looking back into our future
Sometimes I remember the cheesy, pink sunsets that I watched with my friends in Croatia, the fun we had, talking about life or going...
Elena Theile
May 11, 2023


The MET GALA: Karl Lagerfeld - A Line of Elitist Tone Deafness
It is no surprise that this year’s MET Gala was no different than any other. The event was star studded with A-List celebrities, to CEOs...
N. Archibald
May 5, 2023

ARTifical Intelligence - Can AI “create” Art?
Have you ever heard about ChatGPT? If you don’t live under a rock then the answer is probably yes. ChatGPT, an Artificial Intelligence...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
Apr 27, 2023


Pearls in the current of time
Elizabeth I when a Princess
Pauline Keller
Mar 16, 2023


Becoming a woman (title in progress)
I am becoming a woman, that’s what everyone says. I don’t even really know what that means, I never looked in the dictionary to find a...
Chloé Leplatre
Feb 9, 2023
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