Kamil Saad
Stories
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Arts & Life
'I think I can still save her.' How one immigrant teen supports her mother and sister
Teenagers have really busy lives. School, sports, clubs, jobs and more. When you're the oldest child in an immigrant family, there can be even more pressure to succeed. Maria is one of these teens. She found the burden to be almost too much.
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Arts & Life
Why does it matter where I'm 'really' from?
People often find ways to identify with and exclude others. We categorize ourselves by using gender, class, race and even age to connect with people like ourselves or separate ourselves from others. As a society, why are we more comfortable questioning our sexuality than our nationality and ethnicity?
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Health
Attack of the angry colon: How I deal with my chronic illness
The bathroom is a universal experience, right? Well, not for me. Instead, I am one of the very lucky 1.5 million with an inflammatory bowel disease.
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Environment
Your houseplant might know how you’re feeling
While we might think plants are not sentient, they are constantly communicating with each other. Some even think that plants communicate with us. Perhaps even more startling: some theorize that plants have actually domesticated us.
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Arts & Life
Gender norms? What a drag!
What happens to men who want to defy the system? To find out, we talk to Seattle drag queens.