Author: Rareview

By Ali Elias OPINION Rekindling Courage in Adulthood Without Losing the Wisdom of Maturity There was a time when life had an edge to it—sharp, bright, immediate. Many of us remember those days not just as youth, but as a season when the world felt alive in our veins. We didn’t merely exist; we surged forward. Life wasn’t something to be managed—it was something to chase, to drink, to devour. In those days, we moved like fire—bold, irreverent, luminous. Fear was a stranger to our vocabulary. We leapt before we looked. We didn’t talk about risk management, politics, economy or long-term planning; we talked about where the music was loudest, where the lights danced hardest, and who still had fuel in the tank at midnight. I remember those nights vividly. We would hop from Ap...

A Rareview feature In a democracy, the judiciary is not just a co-equal branch of government—it is its conscience, a necessary counterweight to executive overreach. Last week, that balance was tested once again in the United States, as the courts stepped in to halt a presidential order that would have barred international students from attending Harvard University. The story unfolded like a collision of ideology and constitutional order. In a controversial move, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation blocking the issuance of student and exchange visitor visas to international students admitted to Harvard, citing national security concerns. Almost immediately, the State Department directed embassies and consulates worldwide to begin denying visas to these students. The order,...

By Ahmad Salkida SOMEBODY (Someday?), I will write a book about running an independent media platform. In it, I will describe how leadership is less about producing groundbreaking content and more about wrestling with the mental strain and financial instability that come with sustaining a mission-driven organisation. The Mental Strain There is a constant dance with self-doubt, a daily battle against the weight of debts, family struggles, and the pressure to appear invincible even as my mental health frays.  Everyone around me expects me to be the superhero, to keep carrying others across even as my own footing slips under the weight of unspoken fears. A Constantly Changing Team As team members come and go, I’m forced to restart the cycle of training and realigning wh...