We are not born with culture, but we are born into it. As we grow from babies into children into teenagers and finally adults, we collect memories, languages, behaviors, and customs. In this Freely Free ...
Illustration: Sana Kewalramani In history books, Rome is a static place. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum, every piece of art and history is preserved on the page in two dimensions. But even the most ubiquitous ...
Illustration: Sana Kewalramani Everyone who studies abroad hopes to discover a new culture. In Rome, perhaps this means attempting to converse with locals in Italian, wandering through ancient ruins, drinking unhealthy amounts of espresso, or ...
On January 26th, the graduate adviser of the Masters in Biostatistics program at Duke University, Megan Neely, sent an email out to international graduate students expressing the dissatisfaction that two faculty members had with several ...
Graphic: Peter Natkin Trudging up the hill, sweat forming small rivulets across my back, I tried to let my mind fall into the haze of summer heat. Every movement and sound seemed to slow down ...
Throughout my internship with Hummustown, a Syrian refugee catering cooperative in Rome, I was swept into the magic of food and family. This essay is dedicated to both the amazing Hummustown staff and Laura Esquivel ...
“Prossima fermata: Basilica San Paulo. Uscita lato sinistra. Stepping off the subway at Basilica S. Paulo, I find myself in another part of Rome. The apartment buildings aren’t the color of sunsets and no pretentious ...
Seven twenty-five. I checked my watch again, stretching my legs to avoid the uncomfortable stares of students and pedestrians watching me loiter outside the IBC in the early morning. They would be here soon. We ...
“Today we recognize the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital…This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality.” President Trump’s declaration and decision to move the U.S. embassy during the first week of ...
“The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more things you know, the more places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss. The editors at Freely Magazine have compiled a list of books written by ...
“We’ll save a lot. We don’t care,” President Trump insisted in his recent threats to pull $285 million in funding from the UN budget. While the Trump administration insists that the recent ‘null and void’ ...
Introduction We would like to wish all of our readers a happy holiday season and offer up some of our favorite dishes for your table! Enjoy! Cacio e Pepe I’m a terrible cook. Thank goodness ...
A tragedy of modern times, suicide has pushed itself to the forefront of world health issues in recent years due in part to the rapid globalization of the 21st century.The World Health Organization (WHO) reports ...
The signs are all there. A chronic rasp in the back of my throat. Dry, bloodshot eyes. An inescapable tendency to space out. An all-too-familiar feeling, fatigue has become a staple of my existence. I ...
Emmanuel Macron does not care. He does not care that his approval ratings are the lowest in modern French history. He does not care if he has been derisively christened the next Napoleon. And he ...
“Nuh jukgo, nah jukja!” Translation: “You die, I die.” This is common North Korean rhetoric, and its succinct message epitomizes the escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Unless you have been living underground, ...
