Sumaiya Tufail
Poetry for Peace is SFU Slam Poetry’s project for Palestine and beyond
Peak Web 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 for students to express their sentiments and solidarity through spoken-word poetry. The Peak sat down with Sumaiya Tufail, the club’s president, to delve deeper into the inspiration behind the event, its impact, and future plans. Tufail unveiled that the inspiration for Poetry for Peace originated from the reality of the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. Confronting the documented…
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Sumaiya Tufail to deliver TEDxSFU talk on poetry as resistance
Peak Web July 24, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The Peak would like to note that Josh Ralla, one of our staff members, is an executive director of TEDxSFU, but had no involvement in writing this article. Sumaiya Tufail began the Slam…
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