by Lin Abdul Rahman in Toronto “It’s very important to love your job from day one,” Egyptian Canadian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said to a packed…
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by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia As I walked along a Vancouver beach near my home this morning, I reflected on the extraordinary sea…
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by Ranjit Bhaskar With the world at large impassive in its reaction to the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, the diametrically opposite…
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