Zainab Salam

A young man wearing a green t-shirt with the text “I love SFU walls.”
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Student spotlight: SFU wall advocate

Peak Web May 12, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Correspondent for Misguided Student Movements As Canada’s top university for innovation, it’s unsurprising that SFU attracts visionary students. Today, we’re highlighting an SFU student with the potential to change the world.   I am reporting from the Student Union Building, where a student activist group has begun a passionate campaign with one mission: to protect the grey of SFU’s walls. They declare the grey concrete aesthetic as a vital aspect of SFU’s identity. The group plastered posters all over the Burnaby campus to advocate for what they deem to be the superior university design. I can see the…

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A Mothers’ Day gift guide

Peak Web May 9, 2025

By: Zainab Salam,Staff Writer Mothers’ Day is on its way and for those who are indecisive about gifts, or just looking for a way out of routine surprises, here’s a personal guide — let’s say a manifesto — for celebrating…

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The rise of economic nationalism sidelines reconciliation

Peak Web March 3, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, SFU Student On the windy afternoon of January 19, I drove down to Bellingham to go shopping. I wanted some fridge necessities from renowned American grocer Trader Joe’s. The next day, Donald Trump was inaugurated, and since…

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