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Saad Rashid

This is Saad Rashid, Finance major, runner, swimmer, history nerd, and a fan of FC Barcelona. With interests ranging from Psychedelics in History to sports science, there is nothing that he will not get stuck into.

57 articles published

COVID-19 and It’s Impact on Mental Health

Unlike the Novel Coronavirus, Depression is a disease that has existed for almost as long as human beings have been in existence. The issue of mental illness has come to the fore during the current pandemic and the resulting lockdowns. Not caused by any pathogen, depression is an illness that we can not develop a…

BySaad RashidFebruary 7, 20210Comments

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The Vilification of Fantasy Under Capitalism

The Horrors of Capitalism Capitalism has not done the average man much good. That is something that most of us can agree on. One can always point the finger at the available alternates to the existing structures i.e socialism, communism, or the other quasi-socialist structures, that they have not done a decent job in replacing…

BySaad RashidFebruary 2, 20210Comments

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Language and Privilege – The Cannoli Incident

Most of us have now been acquainted with the happenings of the “Cannoli Incident” as it has become known around social media. For any of you that decided to stay off of social media since the middle of this month, or are only aware of what happened through the multitude of memes that made the…

BySaad RashidJanuary 28, 20210Comments

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Anime and Pakistan: The Japanese Artform Making Its Way To Pakistani Living Rooms.

Anime and Pakistan are not two words that one would normally expect to hear together in the same sentence. For the longest time in Pakistan, the idea of consuming media from foreign cultures that are not either Western (largely Hollywood) or Indian (Bollywood or the soap serials that surround it) has been, well, foreign. Recently,…

BySaad RashidJanuary 25, 20210Comments

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The Plight of the Hazara- A generational Curse

Introduction Pakistan, as a state, does not exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to the treatment of ethnic and religious minorities. Be it the forced conversion of young Hindu girls, or the blatant killings of individuals of the Ahmadi faith, it seems that unless you are a Sunni and a Punjabi as well,…

BySaad RashidJanuary 12, 20210Comments

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India and Pakistan – Two stories about one place.

India and Pakistan are quite similar in culture, language, and cuisine. Even though the separation of the subcontinent came about ostensibly due to the fact that Muslims and Hindus could not live in a single state in harmony, we are more alike than we are dissimilar. We eat the same food, we have similar marriage…

BySaad RashidJanuary 6, 20210Comments

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Genghis khan and Global warming

The mention of Genghis Khan evokes images of war, carnage, and archers riding horses, raining death in the form of arrows. The impact of his rise and the expansion of the Mongol Empire in the 12th century is discussed, and felt, to this day. Who was Genghis Khan? Genghis Khan rose from complete anonymity and…

BySaad RashidDecember 28, 20200Comments

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The Vilification of Akbar

In the long history of the Mughals, the dynasty that reigned supreme in the subcontinent since the later sixteenth century, there are none more discussed than Emperor Akbar. The Emperors ruled for three centuries, way into the 19th century as well (though their influence had petered out towards the end thanks to the coming of…

BySaad RashidDecember 22, 20200Comments

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Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Who is more likely to chip your brain?

The Disease and The Cure The world is racing to procure a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Russia, China, the United States, and the UK are current forerunners in this race to combat the virus. There are multiple clinical trials in various stages of production at this moment. A vaccine could only be months away…

BySaad RashidNovember 10, 20200Comments

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The History, and the Future of Diets

Considering the incredibly important role that diet plays in an individual’s health, it is surprising how late it made its way into the mainstream. Early Days In the modern world, the introduction of our diet as something that influences how we live our lives can be pinpointed to around the time vitamins were discovered. The…

BySaad RashidNovember 2, 20200Comments

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