Author Archives: Sana Saeed

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On the subject of GA reform

Sana Saeed • February 3, 2011

Stop the vicious cycle before it begins Read More

The return of Sana Saeed

Sana Saeed • October 14, 2010

Re: “Revisionism hurts” | Commentary | October 7 Read More

Burqas, hijabs, niqabs, oh my!

Sana Saeed • April 1, 2010

Law 94 is veiled identity politics Read More

In the final analysis

Sana Saeed • March 18, 2010

Activist communities must be less all-or-nothing in their judgments Read More

Sexquisite corpses

Sana Saeed • March 4, 2010

The shock-and-awe capitalism of BODIES the Exhibition Read More

Operation Cast Lead comes to campus

Sana Saeed • February 11, 2010

The blockade on discussion of Israel-Palestine must end Read More

Think before you give

Sana Saeed • January 28, 2010

International organizations in Haiti are not without fault Read More

Bad romance

Sana Saeed • January 14, 2010

Feminism and women of colour make an unhappy pair Read More

Girl, check yourself

Sana Saeed • November 30, 2009

Re: “The patriarchy of philosophy” | Commentary | November 23 Read More

Multiculturalism is a sham

Sana Saeed • November 23, 2009

The Canadian mosaic trivializes immigrant culture under a façade of respect Read More

Save your pity

Sana Saeed • November 3, 2009

Migrants don’t need your pity, or their own Read More

The popular, pornographic view of Africa

Sana Saeed • October 15, 2009

Fall semester of the 2008 school year at McGill, my political science degree came to a sombre close. I had come to university as a bright-eyed, excited 18-year-old, in love with politics and assured that I was meant to study in the field. And like every other political science major,… Read More

Aristotle’s Lackey: Busting the Piñata: a response

Sana Saeed • April 6, 2009

I have always found the prefacing quotations in Piñata Diplomacy rather cute. Be it Chomsky or Walt Whitman or Jesus’s homeboy Luke, the man, Ricky Kreitner, knows how to use Google at an expert level. Very impressive. Kreitner’s column has been one of the most interesting aspects of The Daily… Read More

Aristotle’s Lackey: Emerging from the nostalgia of Pakistan’s past

Sana Saeed • March 19, 2009

In March of 1999, I stepped out of the Allama Iqbal International Airport, in Lahore, Pakistan, greeted by long-lost family members and a barrage of young men wanting to carry our luggage to the awaiting cars. While in the clutch of my aunt’s bosom, I quietly asked, “Will we be… Read More

Aristotle’s Lackey: How suburban education brainwashes women

Sana Saeed • March 5, 2009

Through the 21 years that I’ve seen – unless you take out the first one to two-and-a-half, as they remain a blur – I’ve always kept the male sex at arm’s distance: military arms distance. Rommel would have been proud. There was a time when chasing boys across the school’s… Read More