Ariba Khayyam

Notes from In-Between

Liminal spaces are disorienting because they resist definition.

It’s been 9 months since I graduated. That’s enough time to have forgotten everything I learned, and enough time to have built something from it.

Here are 9 things I noted down over the years for any student who needs to hear it.

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Circles, Not Ladders

Throughout university, I witnessed a steep rise in student-led organizations and communities, not just on campus, but across the city, province, and country. These weren’t just clubs. They felt more like villages forming in real time. Small, high-intensity, value-aligned groups built not by institutions, but by the people themselves.

What student-led communities are modeling resembles something far older than startup culture: reciprocity.

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Intro: Kaleido

Kaleido comes from kaleidoscope, rooted in the Greek words kalos (beautiful) and eidos (form), reflecting the idea of seeing beauty through ever-changing perspectives.

In a world as unpredictable as shifting sand dunes, how do you plant a marker, not in the sand, but in the sky above it – to move alongside the wind?

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