My 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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Learning 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 instability, notably in Syria and Egypt. As such, for most…
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#Refugeecrisis Galvanizes Arab Community
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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Pulse: Arab Media Tack Conservative
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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Lamenting Yemen’s Destruction: A Cry for the Past
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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PULSE: Arab World – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
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…
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Pulse: Arab and Middle East
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…
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The 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…
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