Culture Corner: The story of the Kardoune
How hair is wrapped in ribbon and heritage.
The hands of my ancestral women had long adorned the hair of their daughters with the red and orange silk…
Yasmine Benabderrahmane
Associate Opinion Editor (Volume 50) — Yasmine is a third-year student, majoring in History and Anthropology. Her writing is best described as sometimes sarcastic, sometimes radical, and always an excuse to bring up her heritage (and colonialism). She hopes her work with The Medium will inspire conversations, debates, and a path to abandon our deeply rooted stubbornness. In her spare time, Yasmine enjoys reading, knitting, arguing with uncles on politics, and fangirling.
To be Indigenous
Indigeneity crosses the oceans and extends beyond the continents. Being Indigenous surpasses pain and pity.
My hurt is not Indigenous, nor is my suffering. There is an incompetency in reducing my identity to trauma and…
The abuse of historical tragedies is psychological warfare
The Holocaust’s legacy is weaponized for evil by the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Discourse on the occupation of Palestine by the Israeli government, even before October 7th and the subsequent military assault and…
Polio in Gaza: Beyond Medical Threats
While polio threatens the health of Gaza, the liberation of Palestinians threatens the West and the Zionist entity.
Internalized efforts to humanize the colonizers is a beloved formula among Western powers. They delegitimize colonial violence and their inhumane…
Protesting is not extreme, the ruling class is
The shame of the ruling class is translating into the villainy of protests.
To hesitate protesting is to fall victim to the oppressor’s fearmongering tactics. When I drafted my first ever article about…
A letter to the University of Toronto administrations
The silence of the U of T administration is deafening.
Dear University of Toronto Administrators, I stand in horror at the hypocrisy as I address this letter to you all,…
The symbols of Palestine
One picture is worth a thousand words.
They say that “one picture is worth a thousand words.” But I contest that, for such a claim fails the…
Free Palestine from your silence
Your silence in the age of the internet is an inhumanity.
This article was meant to be published more than six weeks ago, but I fell victim to censorship by The…
Land acknowledgments: Canada’s moral exhibitionism
The performative nature of land acknowledgments must be addressed.
People have finally started criticizing the traditional “small talk” that takes place during the first week on campus. As a…
Recovering from remote learning
It’s time we talk about Covid-19’s lasting impact on our education.
Students are back! But so is Covid-19. Technically, neither truly left—and to be entirely frank, the virus never really left…
The faces of women
To limit the scope of womanhood is to limit the scope of humanity.
In a land where the sea met the sun and calls of prayer echoed in every corner, Melouka was born….
Enemies to lovers: Single-people x Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is the most ideal holiday for single people.
You know Valentine’s Day is near when we are approaching the middle of February. Or perhaps, more notably, when the…
Racism: The true pandemic
Systemic racism in the medical industry continues to put Black women at risk of maternity health complications and high rates of maternal deaths.
Many of us have come across that TikToker who has compiled a list of “cons” to pregnancy. When videos of…
Poetry Corner
once upon a timeYasmine Benabderrahmane curled against the blaze of a dull fire,streaks of light, shadows dance against her skin.gathered…