Palestine
MENA Film Festival is a cinematic journey of Middle East and North African narratives
January 23, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of war and genocide. The awaited 2024 Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) Film Festival is set to captivate audiences from January 27–February 1 at the VIFF Centre. The fifth annual selection boasts 42 feature and short films hailing from 25 countries from the MENA/SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) region and its diaspora, standing out as one of the most diverse MENA festivals to date. Arman Kazemi, festival director at MENA, emphasized the deliberate choice of naming the festival “MENA Film Festival in Vancouver” rather than the “Vancouver MENA Film Festival.”…
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Undermining Palestinian solidarity does not help Jews on campus
January 20, 2024Written by: Omri Haiven, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of war, genocide, and antisemitism. My name is Omri Haiven, and I’m a Jew who is a graduate student at SFU’s School of Communication. I’m also an active member of Independent…
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Truth and reconciliation goes beyond Canada
January 18, 2024By: Anonymous, SFU Student and Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of war and genocide. On December 13, Canada voted in a UN resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Palestine after abstaining in October. Make no mistake, though: Canada continues…
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Poetry for Peace is SFU Slam Poetry’s project for Palestine and beyond
January 15, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Palestine, SFU Slam Poetry organized a powerful event titled Poetry for Peace on December 1. The event aimed to provide a platform…
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Council Chats: SFSS motion to call for permanent ceasefire in Gaza
January 15, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On January 3, The Peak attended the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) bi-weekly Council meeting via Zoom. The adopted agenda touched on crucial motions, including a vote for SFSS to call for a permanent ceasefire…
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2023 — A Year in Review
January 12, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield & Olivia Sherman TSSU Strikes for improving working conditions, June–October Learn more: The TSSU Strike Vote: A Timeline of Events TSSU members form picket line in labour action SFU’s response to the TSSU picket lines has been…
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City of Burnaby becomes first municipality in Canada to call for Gaza ceasefire
November 28, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide and war. At the Burnaby City Council meeting on November 6, the Council Chamber unanimously voted to call for a ceasefire in Gaza in support of Palestine during the ongoing…
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A review of The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
November 28, 2023By: Sude Guvendik Content warning: discussions of genocide. Rashid Khalidi’s book, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, is an essential read if you want to understand the history of Palestine. The notion that this history is too complicated to understand…
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$33,000 for lentils, rice, and resilience for Palestine
November 28, 2023By: Brigitte Buck, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of genocide. Cuisine changes, evolves, and is constantly reinvented. The same goes for people, cultures, politics, and perhaps even history. Often, we can gain something positive from change, but not always. While…
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Thousands gather in Vancouver in solidarity with Palestine
November 28, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor's Note: The implications of the juxtaposition of the Swastika and the Star of David in this image is not a message authored by The Peak. The organizers probably did not control the signage that…
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