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Taybah Crorie

About Taybah Crorie

Taybah A. B. Crorie '25 is an international student from London, UK studying Bioengineering and Economics. She can be reached to discuss all things science, business, (British) politics and religion at taybahcrorie@college.harvard.edu | Good pieces of satirical humour also always appreciated.

Articles written by Taybah Crorie:

A Tale of a Fractured USA

Harvard students react to President-elect Donald Trump’s unfolding victory over the course of election night.

On Nov. 5, the existing political divides amongst Harvard’s student body spurred markedly different election night screenings across campus. In Sanders Theatre, the Institute of Politics hosted what seemed to be a predominantly Democratic audience who watched with dismay as swing states leaned toward Donald Trump, dimming hopes for a Kamala Harris presidency.  Meanwhile, in […]

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An International’s Moral Tax Headache

The ethical implications and logistical nightmares of deliberately opting into the U.S. taxation system.

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There is a certain absolution of shame that comes from watching others share in your sin. Filing taxes an hour before the post office’s closure on the final day of the tax deadline is perhaps the most cardinal sin of all. I found a party of ten Harvard internationals in the USPS building on Mount […]

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A Joyous Spring Break in Pakistan

My ode to Harvard Pakistan Trek and other political musings.

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Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister, Shahid Abbasi, turned towards me.  “What’s your 9/11 theory?” I threw out my question to him from behind my cup of tea, perched in his living room post-dinner buffet at his home in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Al Jazeera journalist had left a short while ago. Her departure lent casualness and intimacy to […]

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My Boyfriend Thinks It’s Irrational to Believe in God

Agony Aunt: Navigating Religious Differences in a Harvard Romance

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Dear Taybah, I have been dating my boyfriend seriously for a few months now. However, I consider myself to be a religious and spiritual person, whereas he is completely non-religious. I thought that as long as my partner had a strong moral framework from which he lived his life, then I would be content. Basically, […]

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From Crisis to Community

When natural disaster strikes, Harvard students mobilize for Libya and Morocco despite silence.

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“This is a tragedy, but it is not the end of the story,” Wasan Rafat ’27 exclaimed to a crowd that gathered around the steps of Memorial Church to mourn the over 10,000 recent victims of Morocco’s recent 6.8 magnitude earthquake and Libya’s devastating floods.  The vigil on Tuesday, September 26th, was a joint effort […]