A critical Canadian personality trait is that we are not American. You'll say it when on vacation, and you'll see it in our advertising. You might have sat down to watch the SuperBowl a few weekends ago, or kept up to date with their election polling
Every year, millions of Muslims journey from every corner of the globe to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where they perform the yearly ritual of Hajj or the perennial act of Umrah. Hajj also known as pilgrimage consists of many rites including the well-known act of circling the Kaa’bah (Tawaf)
This July, the world tuned in to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, a tradition that seems to reach even the least sport-savvy. No one in my family has ever cared about sports but when the Olympics are on we become athletic experts from the couch. The games this
As September comes to a close, campus life is gearing up for another busy season. With schedules filling up and classes calling your name, those treks to get to lecture halls in ten minutes or less are no easy task. That’s where this volume of the Gauntlet mixtape comes
My cat Moona is curled up asleep, as I write this, at the foot of my bed. Almost every night, she and I cuddle before I go to sleep and she takes on her nocturnal misadventures, occasionally causing a crash causing me to awaken in the middle of the night.
On July 31, three young children died in a horrific stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. The tragedy shook the town of Southport in England to its core and the world as a whole. There was no explanation for this act of violence towards little girls who were
Life has taught me that smiles and tears are not always accurate indicators of what is happening in someone else’s head. It’s difficult to figure out what someone is thinking or feeling just by looking and speaking to them — empathy can only go so far. Sometimes, you wish
The academic year is finally coming to an end. This means the last of late-night cramming for finals and the last stretch of trying to finish all of your assignments, projects and papers. We have come to the end of the feeling of being mentally drained, being on the
As Eid draws closer, I find myself less excited than most for the upcoming festivities. My friends delight in their plans to make grand dinners to eat together and get all the fast food they’d ever want. It’s not that I cannot eat as luxuriously as them, but
I first heard it on TikTok about halfway through last year, but the statement quickly made its way into the real-life vernacular of myself and many of my peers. “Misogyny? In the year of the Barbie movie?” I saw the movie on its opening weekend, dressed up in my