The second annual Toronto Arab Film Festival builds on the success of the inaugural edition put together last year just as world woke up to the global pandemic. NCM reporter Saoussane Bourtata reviews the TAFF’s second edition that was staged recently.
View More The Arab World Through CinemaMy name is Mohamad Ali Ozeir. My father’s name is Ali. My mother’s name is Khadija. My children’s names are Zena, Hassan, Jenan, Nadine and Sahar. I look like a typical Arab man: dark, Middle…
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This year’s election campaign has been one of the longest in our country’s political history, characterized by the usual kinds of political messaging, policy debates and ethical questions on governance. The campaign seemed a typical…
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Arab media publications across Canada are providing extensive coverage of the Syrian crisis, often publishing editorials in support of the Conservative Party’s approach to fighting ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also called ISIL…
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In this season of sad anniversaries, as the 12-year-old ghosts of the invasion of Iraq enjoy a violent adolescence, the consequences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s armed intervention in Libya born five years…
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From the anti-terrorism bill, Charlie Hebdo and William Schabas’ resignation to Ontario’s new sex education curriculum, ethnic media covering the Arab world has had its hands full. Here’s a look at the top five headlines…
View More PULSE: Arab World – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
The following were the top stories in the Canadian-Arab media during October: Canadian Copts join forces to influence Canadian Members of Parliament (MPs) to support Egypt’s current secular government – Egyptian-Canadians eyeing their first seat…
View More Pulse: Arab and Middle EastThe Canadian-Arab print and web media mostly earmarks less space to federal and provincial Canadian content and local Arab community news, providing more coverage of the Middle East and pan-Arab issues. Canadian content here is…
View More PULSE: Arab-Canadian media