It was a book launch and discussion that should have taken place in Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Tripoli or any other capital of the Arab world. …
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Honouring Iraqi Literature Helps Diaspora Heal
“Near the old Jewish quarter of Baghdad, at Al Rasheed Street, there is a meandering alley named after the Iraqi poet Al Mutanabbi,” read Shawk…
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In this piece, journalist Alireza Ahmadian discusses Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia with Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, a non-governmental organization working…
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Saudi Arabia Human Rights Report Nearly Ready: Global Affairs Official
The federal government’s 2015 report on human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia is in its final stages of preparation, but no date has been set…
View More Saudi Arabia Human Rights Report Nearly Ready: Global Affairs OfficialLearning from Tunisia’s Arab Spring Success
The spark of revolution that was ignited in Tunisia in January 2011 quickly spread to other Arab countries, but exploded into conflagrations of violence and…
View More Learning from Tunisia’s Arab Spring SuccessCanadian Filmmaker Captures Untold Story of Women Car Racers in Palestine
Speed Sisters, which is making its international premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival this week, is a documentary that tells the story…
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by Maryann D’Souza & Mourad Haroutunian (@MHaroutunianTO) in Toronto In part two of NCM’s coverage of the reactions amongst the ethnic/immigrant communities to Ontario’s sex…
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Many parents throughout Ontario were up in arms about the new sex education curriculum announced Feb. 23, feeling they were excluded as part of the…
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Military Victory over ISIS will be Fleeting: Mideast Scholar
Canadians should be having an informed discussion about their country’s involvement in the fight against ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria). This was the…
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Arab Pulse: Regional Conflicts Trump PM’s Visit
The way Canadian Arab media covered Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first visit to Israel and the Middle East in mid-January has illustrated that the six-decade-plus…
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