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Sheima Benembarek

Sheima Benembarek

UC Observer

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Quebec Gin Was Having a Moment. Then the SAQ Killed the Buzz

The Crown corporation controls all alcohol sales in the province. That’s bad news for small distilleries The post Quebec Gin Was Having a Moment....

10.04.2025 10

The Walrus

Sheima Benembarek

Jeter le blâme sur les immigrants ouvre la porte à l’extrême droite

« C hoisis un nom », demande un des deux activistes de Londres marchant avec moi sur la rue Grosvernor. « Nous n’utilisons pas nos vrais noms...

12.12.2024 4

The Walrus

Sheima Benembarek

Blaming Immigrants Is a Gateway to Far-Right Extremism

“P ick a name,” says one of the two London activists I’m walking down Grosvenor Road with. “We don’t use our real names for safety...

18.11.2024 4

The Walrus

Sheima Benembarek

I uncovered my grandmother’s secret life

For seven years, award-winning Canadian journalist Sadiya Ansari reported from three continents to uncover a century-old family secret, culminating...

16.08.2024 3

UC Observer

Sheima Benembarek

“Meh”: Some Comics Aren’t Mourning the Demise of Just for Laughs

J uste pour rire was founded by Canadian businessman Gilbert Rozon as a two-day event in Montreal, with four French comedy shows, forty-one years...

24.07.2024 2

The Walrus

Sheima Benembarek