“It’s very important to love your job from day one,” Egyptian Canadian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said to a packed room at the Toronto Public Library’s Bram and Bluma Appel Salon on Monday evening. “The government…
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Syrian Sea Change in Election Campaign
As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea change in the Canadian election campaign. From the shores of the eastern Mediterranean to the blue Pacific…
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Dictators famously lack a sense of humour. Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein – none were known for being the life of the party, or for being able to take a joke – especially about themselves…
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Tunisia: Why I Remain Optimistic
The ‘Arab Spring’ took the international community by storm in 2011, ushering in a new sense of optimism and hope for the people of the Arab world. Many countries in the Middle East and North…
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Pulse: Western Europe – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
While France remained a constant in the news at the top of 2015, with the Charlie Hebdo shooting being covered immensely, there are some stories from the Western Europe region that may have gone less…
View More Pulse: Western Europe – What You Didn’t Read in the MainstreamAfter Tahrir: Egypt’s Growing War on Terror
Four years after hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to demand political, social and economic change, their movement has been overshadowed by the country’s ongoing war against terrorism. From the carpet merchant…
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Canada Lets Down its Citizens
There’s something about a Canadian passport that offers its owner a degree of confidence. After all, in the hierarchy of citizenships, Canada ranks near the top. A Canadian passport can get you into 170 countries…
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The third anniversary of President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster came and went last week with little fanfare, no ceremony and lots of shrugs of the shoulder. Many Egyptians were instead out in the parks, cafes and…
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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…
View More Pulse: Arab and Middle EastEgypt coup may force Islamists to choose bullet over ballot
With the world at large impassive in its reaction to the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, the diametrically opposite responses from Syria and Turkey are perhaps the most telling. Syria’s President Bashar Assad…
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