Sheema Khan

Where this writer stands

Only opinion columns and editorials are scored. Each piece is read twice by a language model, which records the author's own stance on a policy topic only where the piece argues one, with a quote that must appear in the piece. An author's position on a topic is the average of their pieces, weighted by the model's confidence. News reporting is listed but never scored.

Recent work

• Canada is set to take a quantum-computing leap. What will that mean for Canadians?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 13, 2026
• Canadians must not stand for the notwithstanding clause’s pre-emptive useOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2026
• Opinion: We need to bring back civility between neighbours. Here’s howOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 17, 2026
• Opinion: In Quebec, laïcité has become its own kind of religious orthodoxyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 22, 2026
• Opinion: It’s past time we ended the stigma around menstruation – periodOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 19, 2026
• Opinion: It is not enough for us to just celebrate Ahmed al Ahmed. We have to confront what he fought on Bondi BeachOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2025
• Opinion: The notwithstanding clause has unleashed a runaway trainOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2025
• Opinion: Nobel Prize winner Omar Yaghi is an example of triumph emerging from catastropheOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 16, 2025
• Opinion: An act of hate against one member of our Canadian family is an attack against allOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2025
• Opinion: We shouldn’t turn a blind eye to assaults on Muslim womenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 4, 2025
• Opinion: I’m not offended when people praise my spoken EnglishOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 18, 2025
• Opinion: The competitive youth-sports world is sending our kids the wrong messageOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 26, 2025
• Opinion: The Stanley Cup playoffs offer Canadians a welcome refuge from politicsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 24, 2025
• Opinion: The premiers need to be challenged on the notwithstanding clauseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 16, 2025
• Opinion: Montreal’s hijab decision shows how institutions fail to protect Muslim womenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 5, 2024
• Opinion: In times of tragedy, a Muslim wedding can be a joyful act of affirmationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 19, 2024
• Opinion: France’s ban on athletes in hijabs makes a mockery of the Olympic charterOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 25, 2024
• Opinion: Will the rise of AI spell the end of intellectual property rights?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 26, 2024
• Opinion: Ontario’s keffiyeh ban dares to define the scarf’s meaning for everyoneOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 5, 2024
• Opinion: Women’s rights advocates should stand up for victims on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflictOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 25, 2024
• Opinion: Gender-equality rights, it turns out, aren’t safe from the notwithstanding clauseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 3, 2024
• Opinion: This Ramadan will be sombre as Canadian Muslims reflect on GazaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2024
• Opinion: With Islamophobic incidents on the rise, Muslim Canadians are worriedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 6, 2023
• Opinion: The loss of the Afzaal family reminds us what happens when hate goes uncheckedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 16, 2023
• Opinion: Sinead O’Connor’s road to Islam serves as an inspirationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 30, 2023
• Opinion: All women and girls should be allowed play soccer - regardless of their religionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 16, 2023
• Opinion: How a Quebec current affairs show offered a model for how to talk about IslamophobiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 8, 2023
• Opinion: Banning education for Afghan women runs counter to Islamic teachingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 27, 2022
• Opinion: Soccer is truly the beautiful game, unless you are a French Muslim woman who wears a hijabOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 4, 2022
• Opinion: The downfall of Quebec’s Bill 21 could come thanks to womenOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2022
• Opinion: To the ruling elites, be they secular or religious: Just leave Muslim women aloneOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 2, 2022
• Opinion: Every community has a responsibility to address intimate partner violenceOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 21, 2022
• Opinion: I thought the Charter protected Canadians’ fundamental rights, but I was wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 21, 2022
• Opinion: Women and girls have the right to education and equality – in Afghanistan and around the worldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 27, 2022
• Opinion: The proof of systemic racism is in Quebec Premier François Legault’s own Bill 21Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 19, 2021
• Opinion: Muslims can improve our communities on our own. We just have to be willing to speak outOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 17, 2021
• Opinion: Why would we ever believe that the Taliban will now be kinder to women?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 21, 2021
• Opinion: We all have a role to play in rooting out IslamophobiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 1, 2021
• Opinion: We all have a role to play in rooting out IslamophobiaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 1, 2021
• Opinion: The London attack reaffirms why Muslims often feel unsafe in their own countryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 7, 2021
• Opinion: In Quebec, an act of injustice receives no accountabilityOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 21, 2021
• Opinion: It’s critical to ask why, even today, some Canadian Muslim organizations have no female leadersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 26, 2021
• Opinion: How one organization has broken the silence on abuse within Muslim institutionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 24, 2020
• Opinion: Nobel laureate’s discovery revealed the patterns behind breathtaking works of Islamic artOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 7, 2020
• Opinion: Learning from the life of Dr. Hawa AbdiOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2020
• Opinion: How artificial intelligence can predict mass shootingsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 22, 2020
• Opinion: What the world loses, as the Hajj takes a pandemic pauseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 24, 2020
• Opinion: What Muslim Canadians can teach Asian communities about the discrimination that sadly lies aheadOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 31, 2020
• Opinion: We must listen to women’s warnings about the Middle EastOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 20, 2020
• Opinion: To unearth the ‘hidden figures’ of Islam, sexism against Muslim women must endOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 5, 2020
• Opinion: Misbehaving imams must be held to accountOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2019
• Opinion: Quebec’s values test: Why not focus on everyday gender equality?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 12, 2019
• Opinion: By keeping Jeffrey Epstein’s money, Harvard has failed its students – past, present and futureOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 19, 2019
• Opinion: A watershed moment for the Muslim #MeToo movementOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 1, 2019
• From within Islam and beyond, Muslims must fight for women’s rightsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 23, 2019
• Courageous leadership is sorely needed to combat mosque misconductOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 16, 2018
• The CAQ wants to create two tiers of QuebeckersOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2018
• For Islamic history month, let’s remember our collective compassionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 30, 2018
• The next frontier for Muslim women: Finding their sovereignty in religionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2018
• To drive real change for Saudi women, male guardianship must endOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 26, 2018