Name: Meray Sadek

Job Title: VP-Admin 

Email: gsa-admin@uwaterloo.ca 

Job description: The primary purpose of this position is to broaden and deepen student engagement through supporting the GSA council, departmental Graduate Student Associations, volunteer engagement, and the GSA’s social and wellness events.  

Meet Meray 

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the Sociology Co-op Program at the University of Waterloo and proudly identify as an Afro-Indigenous Coptic minority woman. My research examines the historical, socio-political, and cultural factors that shape the experiences of Afro-Indigenous Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt and Coptic Orthodox Christian migrants in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, I explore how Western countries, like the United States and Canada, play a role in shaping the experiences and perceptions of anti-Coptic sentiment among both groups. 

If you were to choose your superpower, what would it be?

The ability to instantly speak and understand any language.  

Which movie, TV show or book can you watch or read over and over without getting tired of it?    

“Illegal” Traveller: An Auto-Ethnography of Borders by Shahram Khosravi.

If you could spend the rest of your life doing only one thing, what would it be?

Serving my community by creating inclusive spaces where people feel heard, supported, and empowered.