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      Kareem Shaheen

      Kareem Shaheen

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      Kareem Shaheen is a veteran Middle East correspondent in Canada

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      People wearing masks walk along a busy shopping street in Ankara, Turkey, last week. Turkey’s coronavirus case count has exploded to 2.2 million. AP Photo
      In the Middle East, Covid misinformation is putting lives at risk

      Leaders need to take the initiative to combat this issue as well as increase public trust in vaccines

      CommentJanuary 06, 2021
      A man rides his bicycle in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa last week. AFP
      Syrian conflict needs attention after being put on the backburner

      After the devastation caused by Covid-19 and a scandalous lack of progress in resolving the war, the world must start thinking about Syria again in 2021

      CommentDecember 30, 2020
      Noor and Aziz are the first Rohingya Muppets created by Sesame Street. Sesame Street Social Impact / YouTube
      Sesame Street is an important platform to tell the Rohingya story

      Introduction of two muppets on the show can help improve the mental health of children who have suffered through war’s atrocities

      CommentDecember 28, 2020
      Christmas lights in Moscow, December 15. AFP
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      Quranic verses and Christmas lights: my multifaith holiday season

      I have never understood the reluctance to celebrate with other faiths

      CommentDecember 17, 2020
      Hummus at a restaurant in Tripoli, north of Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
      We need to talk about what ‘foodies’ are doing to hummus

      Creativity in cooking is not a crime, until it is

      CommentDecember 10, 2020
      A Canada Day drive-by parade makes its way through town on July 1, 2020 in Newcastle. After living in several countries, Kareem Shaheen has settled down with his family in Canada. AFP
      In Canada, I have finally found a home

      Kareem Shaheen explains what it means to become a 'permanent' resident

      CommentDecember 07, 2020
      Syrian women have often borne the brunt of gender-based and domestic violence because of the conditions in refugee camps and the lack of economic opportunities there. AFP
      How the pandemic could set Arab women back

      Conflict and economic downturn in the region are threatening to undo the progress made on gender-related issues

      CommentDecember 07, 2020
      Raed Fares spoke out against atrocities committed by the Assad regime, but also by groups such as ISIS. Handout
      Two years after his murder, Raed Fares' legacy lives on
      CommentNovember 25, 2020
      Gaza is among the most vulnerable areas of the Middle East during the coronavirus pandemic, as its economy and infrastructure are already crippled by a corrupt government and an Israeli blockade. AFP
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      In much of the Middle East, there's no second Covid wave - just one big tsunami

      It is much harder to protect the vulnerable in places where the number of cases is uncertain

      CommentNovember 18, 2020
      US President-elect Joe Biden was vice president when his country and Iran signed their nuclear act. Reuters
      What will Iran do with Biden's America?

      The new US administration will want to go back to the negotiating table, but Tehran's regional ambitions have not faded

      CommentNovember 12, 2020
      A member of a conservative group waves a flag bearing a message of support for US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Seoul. Reuters
      The danger to the world of a divided and self-obsessed America

      The international order has been weakened by the US's abandonment of the pillars that prop up trade and security

      CommentNovember 04, 2020
      US-Canada relations have deteriorated in recent times, in part due to the poor equation between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau. AP Photo
      Canada should look past the US election outcome
      CommentNovember 02, 2020
      Kurdish fighter stand guard as Syrian child, suspected of being related to Islamic State (IS) group fighters, waits at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, before being released along with women and children to return to their homes, in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on October 28, 2020. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
      What the next US president has to do in Syria

      Whether Biden or Trump, the president must revive stalled peace talks and leverage the Caesar sanctions

      CommentNovember 02, 2020
      A Syrian refugee child is carried by her mother in Gaziantep, sout-east Turkey. Charities working in the region said the mental heath impact of conflict and the global pandemic will last a generation. AP
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      Is Syria now safe enough for refugees to return?

      The pandemic is forcing asylum seekers to consider going back home, but not necessarily because they want to

      CommentOctober 21, 2020
      Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Leidschendam, Netherlands 18 August. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
      Lebanon is being forced to relive its traumas

      The Lebanese people are desperate for a cure to their country's ills, but instead they are repeatedly presented with old poisons

      CommentOctober 15, 2020
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