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To Wear Or Not To Wear – The War On Niqab

Women wearing the niqab

She walked into the doors for her dorm feeling like a new person. She felt as though hundreds of eyes were fixed on her. She runs outside her residence hiding behind big structures thinking everyone is going to see her. She made it to a safe alleyway. She hid behind the trees, her eyes underneath [...]

Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all

Different groups in Fredericton working on women’s issues. Photo taken by: Ayat Abed Isaid

It all started over 100 years ago. In 1909, women marched on the streets of New York on regular basis, hoisting banners calling for shorter work hours, better pay and voting rights. Women around the world have stopped running away from past struggles and are now looking ahead to all the opportunities that await them. [...]

One year after the Gaza conflict: A persistent quest for justice

Photo by Ayat

On a cold day, January 30th, more than 30 people gathered outside City Hall in downtown Fredericton to mark one year since the start of Israel’s 22-day offensive on Gaza, which left hundreds dead and millions of dollars in damages. The vigil was held to serve as a reminder of the problems continuing along the [...]

Is the U.S under a terrorist threat?

Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is the alleged terrorist behind the failed attempt to bomb a passenger jet over Detroit on Christmas Day.  Photo: EPA

Barack Obama says his highest priority for 2010 is to keep the American people safe. “We increased screening and security of air travel to keep our country safe in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack Christmas Day,” said Obama during a speech in Hawaii on December 26. Airports and airlines around the world are [...]

Muslims in Fredericton hoping for new mosque.

A Man Praying in the Mosque

It was the first thing recited in the ears of Roya Fahimi when she was a newborn. It was the first thing recited in her new home when she first came to Canada. It rings out in mosques, homes, and on the streets of Muslim countries five times per day. The Adhan, or the Islamic [...]

Transcript – Abdelrazik Abousfian

A devote Muslim. A free man. A Canadian. Abousfian Abdelrazik can’t remember the last time he felt safe. Nearly 19 years ago he came to Canada looking for democracy, freedom, and the protection of human rights. He came to Canada with a dream of leaving the injustice behind for good. But his dreams were soon [...]

Abousfian Abdelrazik’s journey to freedom

Abousufian Abdelrazik

Sudanese-Canadian Abousufian Abdelrazik reflects on his 6 years of torture and humiliation in a Sudanese prison. Read transcript here.

Transcript – Abdelrazik

A devout Muslim. A free man. A Canadian. Abousfian Abdelrazik can’t remember the last time he felt safe. Nearly 19 years ago he came to Canada looking for democracy, freedom, and the protection of human rights. He came to Canada with a dream of leaving the injustice behind for good. But his dreams were soon [...]

Media’s approach to immigration changing

Multiculturalism in Canada

  The media plays an essential role in the first stages of an immigrant’s adaptation into a new society. Due to language barriers, immigrants tend to reach out for ethnic newspapers, magazines, radio and TV programmes when such media resources are available in the host country. In the past, immigrants were underrepresented in the media [...]

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