Politics and conflict

Politics and Conflict

This section includes my coverage of politics and conflict locally and internationally

What Prevents Refugees from doing Journalism?

In 2016 Canada’s first Syrian newspaper, The Migrant, was founded by Kameel Nasrawi. Nasrawi worked as a journalist and screenplay writer in Damascus before...

Camp in border between Turkey and Syria.

New Canadian Media, 10 December, 2018

Since Hassan Nasrallah brought Hezbollah into Syrian conflict, supporters have questioned his leadership

There was a time in the Middle East when key chains, computer screens, posters and memorabilia showed the smiling face of Hassan Nasrallah, while excerpts from his speeches blared out from cellphones.

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The National Post, 9 Oct., 2013

Canadian newcomers – Reconciliation Needs You Too

Canada’s Indigenous people are asking immigrants to join the nationwide process of reconciliation by learning about and celebrating Indigenous culture.

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New Canadian Media, 11 February, 2016

Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in Healing

Imagine being a child bride in pre-revolutionary Iran – suffering abuse on a daily basis, being forced into a joyless marriage and having children at the age of 13. In Amity, author Nasreen Pejvack makes...

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New Canadian Media, 2 June, 2016

Addressing transit and creating opportunities for the youth

Louroz Mercader is a promising candidate for Councillor of Ward 7 in Mississauga. I met with him at his office in Cooksville...

The Philippine Reporter, 10 Oct., 2014

No special treatment for LGBT groups and non-Catholics, Yanga

Manny Yanga, a senior product
advisor at a Toyota dealership in
Scarborough, is running for Catholic Trustee in Toronto’s Ward 7.

New Canadian Media, 5 April, 2014

Finding the Fords, a life-long mission

This is my story of being dodged for interviews by the Ford team for nearly four years from journalism student to news reporter.

The Philippine Reporter, 26 Sept., 2014

The National Post, 23 Sept., 2013

pablo-escobar-son Stuart Gradon, Calgary

Pablo Escobar is a name that still stirs strong emotions 20 years after his death. Now the name is making headlines again as the drug lord’s family try to establish the Escobar brand on a range of clothing.

Pablo Escobar's family wants to trademark his name for clothing line

The National Post, 27 Sept., 2013

After assassinating several rivals in Al-Shabab this year, Ahmed Abdi Godane has emerged as undisputed leader of an organization that had...

How an accountant with a fondness for poetry became head of Al-Shabab

The National Post, 9 Oct., 2013

SAM HOUSEHOLDER - THE GOSHEN NEWS - teen

They were five young men with time on their hands, but the attempted burglary in Elkhart, Ind., turned into the equivalent of life sentences for four of the teens and death for the fifth.