Dereen Shirnekhi

Yesterday evening, students, alumni and concerned allies shared our stories about mental illness and mental health care. Students Unite Now delivered 585 signatures to the […]

April 15, 2021

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: On cancel culture

“Cancel culture didn’t start getting the language of ‘culture’ until mostly white people in power started being held to account for their actions and behaviors,” […]

March 11, 2021

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: A financial crisis

“We are in a financial crisis.” Last week, Mayor Justin Elicker spoke to me over the phone for an interview. He explained that the city […]

February 11, 2021

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

The Angle Ep. 4: SHIRNEKHI: On grief

Staff columnist Dereen Shirnekhi reads her piece about opening up a discussion around death and grief, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Edited by Carlos Carrillo-Gallegos. […]

May 9, 2020

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: On grief

Today, someone is dying. They’re lying in a hospital bed, or in their home. Perhaps they did not even know that when they woke up […]

April 16, 2020

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: Incarcerated and at risk

Social distancing. Staying six feet apart. Disinfecting. Staying home. Avoiding large gatherings. Since being sent away from campus for the rest of the semester, it’s […]

April 2, 2020

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: Until we stick the landing

In a few days, many of us will be home. We’ll be sitting in the bedrooms we used to have nightmares in, surrounded by the […]

March 5, 2020

DEREEN SHIRNEKHI

SHIRNEKHI: Finding our way home

When you belong to the vague conglomeration that is “Middle Eastern/North African” (MENA), there isn’t really an exact place where you know you belong. You’re […]

February 19, 2020