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A taste of Ethiopia in Vancouver at Fassil Ethiopian Restaurant
February 21, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Last week, I had the chance to visit Fassil Ethiopian Restaurant, home to warm meals and located not too far from the hustle and bustle of the Commercial-Broadway skytrain station. It’s named after King Fassil (Emperor Fasiladas), who founded Gondar, a city in Ethiopia, after “tiring of the pattern of migration that had characterized the lifestyle of so many of his forefathers.” As soon as I entered, I was greeted by a neat interior gracefully filled with paintings ranging from everyday Ethiopian landscapes to portraits. There were only two staff on the floor on…
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The cure to that heartache is Strange Medicine
February 4, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Grenadian Canadian musician Kaia Kater, born in Montréal, tells the story of her roots through music. She released her first EP, Old Soul, right out of high school in 2013. With a jazz-inflected voice and…
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Chinese and Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations
January 30, 2025By: Kayle Cole, SFU Student, and Jessica Liu, SFU Student The spiritualism of Vietnamese celebrations — Kayle Cole My Lunar New Year celebrations start when my mother calls her Vietnamese fortune teller to ask questions about everybody in the family.…
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Community Days at SFU
January 13, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer, Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s note: The Peak acknowledges that Chloë Arneson, who was interviewed, was a News Writer for The Peak in 2023. However, the writer and editor of this piece…
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The everlasting power of community in It Takes A Village
December 3, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Vancouver Asian Film Festival was memorable, bringing community members together through a collective love of storytelling. The power of community is sometimes overlooked for stigmatized communities like East Hastings. It Takes A Village: An…
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Afrorack rocks repurposed materials
October 17, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Ugandan sound artist Brian Bamanya — better known by his stage name, Afrorack — brought his modular synth performance to Vancouver New Music on September 27 and the Red Gate Arts Society on September 28…
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In case you missed it: 2666 is a telling tale of unresolved violence
September 26, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of femicide. Roberto Bolaño was a novelist, essayist, and poet who later proclaimed he should have been a detective instead. He was diagnosed with liver disease in 1992 and, knowing that his…
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Chinatown screenings bring communities together
September 26, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Dimmed neon signs, muted red lamp posts, the Millenium Gate, faded Chinese lettering on fenced panes of glass, and weathered buildings; these are all characteristics of a modern-day Chinatown. While the gnarled grips of gentrification…
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La Suprema: a town forgotten
September 17, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer As an SFU student, I’m always looking for exciting events to attend near campus. So, on September 5, I found myself at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema for the 7:00 p.m. screening of La Suprema at…
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How a beloved Palestinian restaurant planted its roots in Vancouver
September 13, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I strolled around the vibrant neighbourhood of Hastings-Sunrise while on my way to meet Tamam and Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, co-owners of Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine. Squeezed among tax offices and banks…
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