Tuesday Oct 29, 2024 Volume 42, Issue 8 @theconcordianmtl @theconcordian @theconcordian theconcordian.com
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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INVESTIGATION: How transparent is Concordia? pg. 2
SPORTS Athletes, not accessories pg. 6
LES PAGES FRANCOS La Note des bois, une coop en souffrance pg. 8
ARTS & CULTURE More room for mushrooms pg. 11
MUSIC
Behind the mask: The power of transformation in music pg. 13 GRAPHIC BY ALEXANDRA NACKLEY // CONTRIBUTOR
SILENT MOURNERS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE OF IDENTITY AND POLITICS The dismissal in the politics of those emotionally impacted by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. BY GINANE DESLAURIERS AND JIA MARGUERITE SCHOFER STAFF WRITER AND ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR @ginane_dlrs // @jiamarguerite As a child, Sarah Sokkar followed her revolutionary uncle through the streets of Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution. But it was only at the age of six that she first felt afraid and surveilled at a border crossing in Gaza. “It’s like constantly being worried about what you’re do-
ing and who’s watching you because you don’t want to make [a] mistake,” she said. This memory is a constant reminder of the complexities of her identity. “Over the last year, it’s been a lot of crying in silence or crying in private,” said Sarah Sokkar, a Concordian Lebanese-Palestin-
ian English and history student. As death tolls rise in the Middle East, news of mass killings and destruction has become routine, and polarized debates often ignore the emotions of those affected. Constantly scrolling through violent videos risks desensitizing distant observers of the
decades-long conflict, leaving many to privately process emotions drowned by political noise.
ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PG. 4
OPINIONS Haunted house for all pg. 15