Sude Guvendik
Decolonizing my laughter
March 14, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Peak Associate My stomach churns with a peculiar sensation, a rebellion within me that threatens to strangle itself against the walls of my guts. I navigate through a sea of judgment and misplaced glances, feeling like an alien in my own skin. This incident at the Middle Eastern & North African Film Festival is a vivid memory — a stark reminder of the power dynamics at play. Amidst a celebration of Middle Eastern culture, a white man chose to unleash a passive-aggressive tirade against my brother and I as we giggled at a joke in an award-winning…
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BDS as a moral duty
February 28, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Peak Associate The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement stands as a beacon of hope in the face of the prolonged and deeply rooted injustices suffered by the Palestinian people. In July 2005, a coalition of Palestinian…
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The great wall of SFU under siege
February 12, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Dear SFU climbers, Hold onto your harnesses because there’s some wild news — the SFU Climbing Wall, that vertical haven of chalky holds and triumphant climbs, has been closed since mid-December. And get this: nobody…
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SFSS Council’s Quest for a Rights-Free Utopia
January 23, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Greetings, fellow students of wit, wisdom, and occasionally questionable decision-making! Let’s turn to another page of SFSS council drama, where on today’s episode, the SFSS Council, led by the daring president Liam Feng, contemplates the…
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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…
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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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Dehumanization from the past to the present
January 10, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content Warning: Mentions of genocide, violence, eugenics, and rape. Dehumanization is a concept that justifies treating a group of people as inhuman, portraying them as “less than,” or even a criminal based on defined characteristics…
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Problematizing Orientalist art: a glimpse into the past
January 3, 2024by: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer The realm of Orientalist art, which has undergone a significant shift in perception over time, is often criticized for its colonialist tendencies and distorted portrayal of the East. This 19th-century European genre depicted cultures…
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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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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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