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      Kareem Shaheen

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      Kareem Shaheen is a veteran Middle East correspondent in Canada

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      An Egyptian man reads the daily Al-Ahram newspaper at a coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt. AP
      What does it take to support young Arab journalists?

      Writers who want to tell stories of their own communities face challenges

      CommentJuly 15, 2021
      Palestinian police prevent demonstrators from gathering following the death of activist Nizar Banat, on July 5, 2021. AFP
      The mortal danger of a totalitarian Palestine

      Palestinian activist Nizar Banat was brutally killed by security forces, and the government has shown no remorse

      CommentJuly 08, 2021
      Syrian soldiers walk past a portrait of Bashar Al Assad in 2017, during a one-year anniversary of retaking Aleppo. AFP
      The Assad regime's most cruel weapon of war

      A Syrian Network for Human Rights report on the regime's torture methods details just how vicious it is at its core

      CommentJuly 02, 2021
      In this June 21, 2021, photo, Iran's new President-elect Ebrahim Raisi waves at the conclusion of his news conference in Tehran, Iran. Biden administration officials are insisting that the election of a hard-liner as Iran’s president won’t affect prospects for reviving the faltering 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. But there are already signs that their goal of locking in a deal just got harder. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
      Iran has one too many unresolved issues in the region

      Raisi’s election and his subsequent public hardline stance shows the Iranian regime’s implacable intent

      CommentJune 24, 2021
      Destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in the city of Afrin, northern Syria, earlier this month. EPA
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      What Syria's bombing of hospitals is doing to the rest of us

      These war crimes will slowly cease to shock and outrage our collective conscience

      CommentJune 16, 2021
      Londoners attend a vigil for the victims of the deadly vehicle attack on five members of the Canadian Muslim community in London, Ontario. AFP
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      Canada attack: It's time to speak about the 'unspeakable'

      Attacks such as this week's in London, Ontario will continue unabated if we don't address their underlying causes

      CommentJune 09, 2021
      Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the makeshift memorial erected in honour of the 215 indigenous children in Ottawa. AFP
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      Canadian mass grave peels away another layer of human failings

      It is increasingly evident that only a thin line separates our better angels and our worst demons

      CommentJune 02, 2021
      Amr Ibn El Aas mosque in Cairo, after the Eid Al Fitr prayers, Egypt, May 13. Reuters
      Birthdays remind emigres of the price of a dignified life abroad

      New lives overseas often mean separation from loved ones, but they are still worthy of celebration

      CommentMay 27, 2021
      Getty
      How long before I can feel normal around other people again?

      Even as we emerge from lockdowns, socialising still feels like something from a past life, writes Kareem Shaheen

      CommentMay 26, 2021
      Diets have become driven by trend rather than necessity. Getty
      Is my diet and exercise routine just a sign of my privilege?

      I often ask myself if all this unnecessary hardship is mere indulgence, or an attempt to fill a void

      CommentMay 11, 2021
      FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators take part in an anti-lockdown 'Unite for Freedom' protest, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, April 24, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
      You can't run from your Covid jab forever

      Vaccine passports are coming, and they will be a powerful tool in building herd immunity

      CommentMay 05, 2021
      Iraqis mourn relatives killed during a fire in a hospital in the capital, during a funeral procession in the holy shrine city of Najaf, on April 25, 2021. The fire which erupted pre-dawn at the Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, a medical facility reserved for the most severe COVID-19 cases, killed 82 people, sparking angry calls for officials to be sacked in a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure. / AFP / Ali NAJAFI
      Iraq hospital fire points to a disregard for human life

      People are not merely statistics

      CommentMay 03, 2021
      Syrian writer and activist Michel Kilo died of Covid-19 on April 19, 2021. AFP
      A Syrian hero has died, and the hope he carried risks dying with him

      Michel Kilo was repeatedly imprisoned for desiring a better, more dignified Syria

      CommentApril 21, 2021
      Syrian refugees Dania and Hussam are facing deportation from Denmark. Courtsey of Dania and Hussam
      Denmark is returning Syrians to their abusers

      Copenhagen's decision to deport refugees is based on the utter fiction that Syria is safe

      CommentApril 14, 2021
      Syrian children watch a puppet show performed by a local theatre group amidst the ruins of buildings destroyed during Syria's civil war, in Idlib, on March 30. AFP
      Remembering the sarin attack in Syria four years on

      This week marked four years since the Khan Sheikhoun sarin gas attack

      CommentApril 08, 2021
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