Palestine
Local artisans to support this holiday season
November 20, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Amanda Ruth Beads Amanda is a member of Swan River First Nation in Alberta, and on top of running her business, is a social worker who works with Indigenous children in foster care. A variety of handcrafted items are available on Amanda’s website, including gorgeous beaded-patterned pendants and Kokum scarves. These are Ukrainian floral scarves that Indigenous matriarchs adopted when Ukrainians arrived in Treaty 6 Territory, as the style was “a natural complement to the floral patterns found in Cree, Dene, and Metis beadwork.” Her art has been featured in the Bill Reid Art Gallery’s…
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Media to uplift Palestinian narratives
November 20, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian genocide a “conflict.” The word “conflict” assigns equal blame to…
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Brands complicit in genocide to stop supporting now
November 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: descriptions of war, death, and genocide. After at least 240 hostages were brutally taken by Hamas militants on October 7, Israel declared war on Gaza under the guise of self-defense. As…
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Independent Jewish Voices group calls on minister of energy to support ceasefire in Gaza
November 14, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: mentions of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. The Israeli army and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), have instigated a multitude of attacks in Gaza, where over 9,000 people have died. This comes in…
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We shouldn’t punish calls for ceasefires
November 7, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of bombings, genocide, racism. On October 24, member of provincial parliament (MPP) Sarah Jama was censured. This means Jama will not be recognized by the Speaker of the House. She made a statement…
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Teach-in event at SFU sheds light on Gaza crisis
November 7, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of violence and genocide. In an effort to provide historical, legal, and humanitarian context to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at SFU co-organized an online…
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Diaspora Citizenship: Palestinian Journeys
October 6, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of displacement. Saeed Teebi is a Canadian writer who was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi recently engaged students…
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A talk on Palestinian leadership under the British Mandate
June 15, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer On June 1, SFU’s Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) held an event at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in collaboration with The Caucus. Educator and activist Bassam Abun-Nadi explored the absence of military academies in Palestine…
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SFSS passes Palestinian Issues Policy
May 30, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer On April 20, 2022, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) council passed a Palestinain Issues Policy with a unanimous vote. The Palestinian Issues Policy was suggested by the SFSS Free Palestine Working Group in response…
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Political Corner: What is BDS and what does it have to do with me?
September 10, 2021By Anonymous Jewish Student BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions and was an international call made by the Palestinian Civil Society organization in 2005. BDS calls for non-violent pressure on the state of Israel to comply with international law by…
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