Diary Marif, Author at New Canadian Media

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Diary Marif

Diary Marif is an Iraqi Kurdish journalist based in Vancouver, Canada. His writing has appeared in the Awene weekly, Livin, and on KNNC TV as a documentary researcher by the name Diary Khalid. Diary earned a master's degree in History from Pune University, in India, in 2013. He moved to Vancouver in 2017, where he has been focusing on nonfiction writing. He can be found on Twitter: @diary_khalid.

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Kurdish Canadians calling on Canada to stop Kurdish authorities’ repression of journalism 

Kurdish Canadian journalists, writers, and activists urge the Canadian government to intervene in Kurdistan's attack on freedom of the press. 

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Two different worlds: Conflict between first- and second-generation Canadians

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Photo gallery: A story of belonging and exclusion of immigrant women

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