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"Under the banner of diversity, we are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we are marked and kept back." For @walrusmagazine, I wrote about my decade in journalism and the cost of being The Only One In The Room. thewalrus.ca/objectivity-is-…
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Palestine TV correspondent Salman Al-Bishr removing his flak jacket and helmet after hearing about the death of his colleague is a damning symbolic indictment of the overwhelming silence of the international journalism community on Israel’s targeting of journalists.
Palestine TV correspondent, Salman Al-Bishr, throws the press shield to the ground as soon as he hears the news of his colleague Muhammad Abu Hatab being killed 💔🇵🇸
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"This is theatre. It's not a military base... There is no guns. There is books, pictures, cameras, musical instruments... They arrest us as artists. They destroy everything that shows that we have culture, we have art."
The IDF raided the renowned Jenin cultural institution @freedom_theatre while children looked on "screaming and crying." Staff were seized, detained and tortured, while the theater was trashed and robbed. Artistic director Ahmed Tobasi describes the ordeal.
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The scene in downtown Toronto, Nathan Phillips Square. Traffic is being blocked off and the streets are raucous with continuous honking as thousands show up to protest in a show of solidarity with Palestinians.
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Here's "Spiderman" at the protest on Nov. 12th, 2023, which began at City Hall and wove through the core of the city. He's seen here on scaffolding near a construction site at Yonge and Gerrard. The suggestion that his scaling was 'targeted' is disingenuous. He 'scales' the city.
The person dressed as Spiderman waving the Palestinian flag during the march in Toronto last night went on many elevated platforms for a few mins at a time, e.g. construction platforms, entrance to Eaton Centre, hospital entrance overhangs. I didn't see evidence of targeting.
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This has been quietly writing itself in my head for years. The anger of this summer forced it onto page. I almost gave into a debilitating anxiety and abandoned it. But giving into silence - again - felt even more crushing. Because it's true. thewalrus.ca/objectivity-is-…
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"I’m painfully aware that every time I talk about our shortcomings when covering Palestine...I lose 'credibility.' I silently agreed not to talk about Palestine in exchange for a 'viable' career in journalism.
No longer."
My @TorontoStar op-ed today: thestar.com/news/insight/thi…
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"IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T GOT GAAAAAS MONAAAYYYY" gotta be my favourite line of that @chancetherapper tape. Kills me every time.
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Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Toronto today calling for an immediate ceasefire and a free Palestine.
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Oh, look. Same reviewer: Girls Trip "goes too far" and "takes vulgarity to the extreme"; but The Hangover is "worth the ride"!
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The police statement on what we now know as the murder of George Floyd is the clearest reminder that “the police are not, in and of themselves, objective observers of things. They are political and government entities who are the literal characters in the story.” - @WesleyLowery
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This is Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani, who was shot in the legs by the Israeli military during the Great March of Return in 2018 at the Gaza border, where he was part of the team of first responders. Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians.
More: cbc.ca/1.4663689
Today, I will be arrested by police in London, Canada. The police will put me in jail indefinitely because I will not stop protesting against MP Peter Fragiskatos, who refuses to call for a ceasefire against the civilians in Gaza. What's happening. What you can do. A 🧵
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On Friday CBC News sent out a note reminding staff to not post/share anything on social "that CBC has not — or would not — put on air or online." Significant given the outsize role that Gaza-based social media reporting has played in showing what rarely makes it in legacy media.
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2 men at the pinnacles of their career - Kyle Lowry & Masai Ujiri - had their victories and moments marred in this series. Kyle insulted & shoved in a career high game. Masai carded & questioned on the way to picking up and celebrating his team's NBA trophy. Even them, even now.
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"I might get in trouble...but I can't remove my identity. There's people who think I shouldn't have this job because of the way I've chosen to dress. And there are people...who can't have the job that they want...because of legislation in certain provinces."
Love to @Ginella_M.
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I have the windows open in my [Danforth] apartment. Just before sitting down to eat I heard a call in the distance, a voice so familiar but out of reach, out of place. Like a ghost limb I hadn't used in years. The adhaan. Never heard in 22 years of living here. Warm, magical.
In an effort to celebrate Ramadan during the COVID-19 outbreak, Madinah Masjid on Danforth will mark sundown each night by broadcasting the call to prayer for two minutes over their speaker throughout the month of Ramadan. This was today.
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“Never before in my career had so many interviews been cancelled due to fear of what guests might say. Nor had there ever been direction from senior colleagues to push a certain group of people to do pre-taped interviews.” breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewash…
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That this former CBC producer had to publish this under a pseudonym is deeply telling & damning. Despite her father being Jewish, she was smeared as anti-Semitic for pointing out that the CBC was caving to pressure from Israel lobby groups. She has resigned in protest.
A CBC producer is lifting the veil on how the broadcaster whitewashed Israel’s horrors in Gaza.
In a tell-all essay, she describes the inner workings of newsrooms where double standards and biases sidelined the truth—before she resigned in protest.
breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewash…
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Thousands of protestors—including children, Jewish groups, Tamils, queers, Indigenous peoples and a man dressed as Spider-Man—took to the streets of downtown Toronto to call for an immediate ceasefire and a free Palestine.
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Apart from the arrival of my two nieces, I don't think anything gives me as much joy to share as this: in the fall I'll be a @niemanfdn fellow at @Harvard. I'll be studying how journalism can better foster, retain and promote Black, Indigenous and other racialized journalists.
We’re pleased to introduce the 2022 Nieman Fellows, accomplished journalists from around the world who'll join us at @Harvard this fall. The group includes investigative reporters, editors, podcasters, data specialists and visual storytellers. Welcome all! nieman.harvard.edu/news/2021…
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“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you, Julia,” a father weeps over his daughter’s body. “In a single second, Israel—created by you, in Britain!—changed the course of my life. I lost my wife, I lost my daughter, my house that took 20 years to build.” Unflinching work by @SecKermani.
There is grief and pain in Lebanon as families bury their dead following Israeli strikes on the country.
@SecKermani reports from Lebanon.
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This is my last week at CBC, where I started 10 whole years ago as an intern. Going through every emotion in the book. I worked amongst journalistic excellence every day, learned so much, got to tell important, unforgettable stories. I was raised as a journalist & more. Grateful.
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"A litany of institutional failures" - @RE_MCorg: Over 550 members of Canada’s doc community have signed an open letter to executives at the @CBC requesting that the public broadcaster address allegations of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. povmagazine.com/canadas-docu…
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I'm ELATED. Writing this took EVERYTHING out of me & this recognition means so much. Thanks to my editor Samia, fact-checker Nicole, to @thewalrus fam. Thanks to my GroupChats, thank you ALL who read. This is for all of us: every journalist trying to shake & flip industry tables.
It is our honour to announce that this year's #NMA21 Essays gold winner is @Pacinthe for "Canadian Media's Racism Problem" published in @thewalrus. Congrats! buff.ly/3o6Iuu2
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“As we speak more than 100 journalists and cameramen were killed by the same Israeli bullets... in front of the whole world, who are lecturing on freedom of expression and human rights.”
- Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief @WaelDahdouh, holding Samer Abu Daqqa's bloodied press vest.
"It is clear that this is the aim of the Israelis, to muzzle journalists, to prevent us from carrying the message"
Wael Al Dahdouh & his colleagues gather to pay tribute to journalist Samer Abu Daqqa & all the other Palestinian journalists who have been killed by the Israelis
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The Crown’s theory — that Mr. Zameer, who was out for a family evening with his pregnant wife and young son, who has no criminal record, who has a good work and education history, suddenly decided to intentionally kill or harm a police officer, runs contrary to logic, said judge.
Jury acquits Umar Zameer as judge gives rare apology: 'Deepest apologies for what you have been through' trib.al/9iONdPR
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The same is true for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Canada. You can't say Palestine, but Taiwan is used without issue.
This from 2021: theintercept.com/2021/05/27/…
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In this interview I mentioned @AlarabyTV's Ahmad Darawsha being threatened by an Israeli officer during a live hit, who turned to camera and said Israel will 'flatten Gaza to dust.' Canadaland said it couldn't verify it & removed it. @RSF_en 'verified' it:
As the conflict in Gaza and Israel continues to escalate, @Pacinthe joins @goldsbie on Short Cuts to consider the many ways that narratives are shaped and the parameters of discussion get enforced.
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This was right after Masai was assaulted by that Deputy Sheriff who tried to stop him from coming on the court to celebrate with his team. Anti-Black racism even seconds after winning a Championship. Kyle hugging Masai, still shaken by that moment, reminding him: "You over here."
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WOW, thank you! Thank you @thewalrus for seeing it through from pitch to publish with care. Thanks to my editor Samia Madwar who made it infinitely better. Thank you to my fact-checker Nicole Schmidt. Thank you all for continuing to read and share to this day. Honoured & humbled.
.@thewalrus's "Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists" by @Pacinthe is nominated for the #DPA21 Best Feature Article: Long award. Congrats! buff.ly/3eowizw
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Brandy & Monica need to do a modern remake of Boy Is Mine where they realize dude is trash, big each other up, and bond over mutual flyness.
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Stepping into the role of senior producer at @TheCurrentCBC as of today, and my dad is very excited.
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How IDF spokespeople are not been asked about their targeting of journalists every time they make an appearance on any journalism program in Canada—which is often—is equally damning. And telling.
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“There was a female officer who gave us a briefing on the day we arrived. She said, 'It will be hard for you. You'll want to pity them, but it's forbidden. Remember that they aren't people. From your point of view, they are not human beings.’”
A number of soldiers and medical professionals who served at Sde Teiman agreed to talk with Haaretz about their time there.
Eight of the testimonies follow, anonymously and in chronological order, from the earliest stint to the most recent
haaretz.com/israel-news/2024…
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However you feel about the letter, whether you're one of the 500 journalists who signed or not: one thing it has done is force a conversation on an issue so taboo that to even point out that taboo and the silence around it is enough to label you 'biased' or get you 'noticed.'
V. weird vibe to be talking about The Letter in the DMs but not talking about it publicly so let's flesh out some stuff.
The letter has become a story in and of itself. But the point, as I understood it, was to draw attention to a lapse of nuance in covering Palestine/Israel.
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The comments on this post of my op-ed on the Palestine Exception in Canadian media are wholly unsurprising. Heartened by the slew of otherwise warm, affirming support for it when I've posted it myself here and on other platforms.
#Opinion: This essay breaks a rule of Canadian media. I hope it encourages others to do the same trib.al/IL1OCeF
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I've produced for @TheCurrentCBC for 8 years, today was my first time directing it. The anxiety meant I slept for what feels like 7.2 minutes before my 4am start. I thank God the world didn't implode and fall apart [any more than it already is] this morning.
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Today at the grocery I saw a Somali woman & her daughter doing some last-minute stocking up - like me. I hesitated before wishing them Ramadan Mubarak on my way out. Their eyes immediately flashed a warm smile under masks and they wished me the same. I felt a hitch in my throat.
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Not just symbolic but literal: The abject defeat and clarity in the act of removing his flak jacket and helmet. The pretence of protection—any protection at all—gone.
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Just wrapping Pfizer Fete at the Jamaican Canadian Centre. 10 out of 10 experience. No line. Cookies, patties, live DJ, (you know Céline Dion was on deck) smiles and gratitude. Thank you to Bita. Still on for two hours. Come through, no registration, no OHIP, just ID and vibes.
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Allyship, (n.): World Cup goalkeeper fakes injuries at exactly sunset so that Muslim teammates can break their fast during the time out. buzzfeed.com/matthewchampion…
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Yo Arjun Ram from @CBCKids getting noticed for his good questions both in English and en français by Kyle and Siakam!!!!
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Honoured, humbled, surprised & affirmed to be long-listed for the 2020 Allan Slaight Prize alongside some of the best journalism of the year [Yes, I did cry when I got the news.] Thank you jury, @thewalrus, Slaight Family, and all you who shared, read, supported. الحمد لله
The longlist for the 2020 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism is now out! The $10,000 prize is awarded to a contributor of @thewalrus for their work researching, analyzing, and writing about some of the most important topics of our time. View the longlist:
thewalrus.ca/allan-slaight-p…
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Since I spoke to @CANADALAND yesterday and @AJEPodcasts, I've been bracing for blowback. Instead, my inbox looks a lot like this.
I talked about the crucial role media can play in being a factor that slows, rather than fuels, deadly cycles of violence.
canadaland.com/podcast/929-s…
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Almost at the point of naming and shaming the place that has not paid me for two pieces I invoiced for in September, and despite 18 emails between November and today asking what was going on have still not been paid for. Beyond disrespectful to have freelancers chasing money.
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It’s times like these—where there is an absolute bloodlust for more punishment, more cruelty—where the need for responsible, accurate, humanizing, unflinching journalism has the most crucial role. A big part of why we’re here today is because we have failed at this for decades.
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CBC has barred employees from sharing any information about the war on Gaza on social media that the public broadcaster has not itself reported. While there were no reporters on the ground in Gaza, [four CBC] correspondents all reported from Israel. breachmedia.ca/cbc-the-natio…
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We applaud bravery, courage, press freedom and free expression - until it comes to reporting on Israel and Palestine. The chill and fear is palpable. "It’s straight up McCarthyism in some parts of the newsroom," someone wrote to me. A call to do better: docs.google.com/forms/d/1_xG…
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These statements mourning the death of journalists who have been killed by Israel that are written in this passive way that fails to mention that Israel is responsible for their deaths is such a pitiful betrayal of our profession and to those who were killed practicing it.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the killing of Palestinian journalist and press freedom defender Bilal Jadallah, a previous contributor to CPJ’s work.
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Just one example of how journalistic principles like 'verification'—good principle, in theory—are weaponized to erase experiences of Arab/Palestinian/non-Western people/journalists. The Israeli officer's threat to flatten Gaza to dust was newsworthy. 11,000 Palestinians are dead.
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Toronto spoken word artist, educator and youth advocate Jordon Veira has passed away after a severe asthma attack. He was a friend to so many in the city, and spoke up about the harder things. "I think men's primary role should be to listen." cbc.ca/1.4490316 RIP, Jordon.
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When I moved from CBC TV to radio with @caroloffcbc & AIH, she and the team welcomed me so warmly that I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. Surely the kindness and respect and interest she was showing me wouldn't last, I thought.
I held my breath. There was no need to.
"It's time to move on."
After 16 years, @caroloffcbc is stepping down as host of CBC Radio's As It Happens bit.ly/32c2jdB
ALT Carol Off smiles while looking at a laptop in the As It Happens studio. The partly obscured As It Happens sign is visible behind her. She's wearing glasses and her reddish hair is cut in a chin-length, wavy bob.
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It feels bizarre that Toronto Spiderman's whereabouts are practically a national news story, but it becomes one when the PM is advancing the theory that this protester's whereabouts were 'targeted' while Israel is, in real time, targeting Gaza's hospitals.
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"There are years that ask questions and years that answer," Zora Neale Hurston wrote. My @niemanfdn year @Harvard answered - over and over.
I'm at a loss as to how it's ended so quickly.
Endless gratitude to God, to my parents for their prayers & the support of Goodman family.
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I'm going back to school.
@westernuFIMS, thank you for offering me the time, space and resources to continue to think critically about the discipline—and future—of journalism.
See you in 2023. fims.uwo.ca/news/2022/pacint…
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I've emailed Canadaland 3 separate times to clarify their reasoning for removing this anecdote. They say they 'couldn't verify': 1) whether the Israeli officer was police or security, 2) the accuracy of the translation. It doesn't add up. Here's @RSF_en:
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It must be challenging to do good journalism in the shadow of your publisher's behaviour. Will the union acknowledge—at least, or, at best—remove this 'correction' to my @Canadaland appearance? I've been shut out of a valid explanation for almost 2 months.
In this interview I mentioned @AlarabyTV's Ahmad Darawsha being threatened by an Israeli officer during a live hit, who turned to camera and said Israel will 'flatten Gaza to dust.' Canadaland said it couldn't verify it & removed it. @RSF_en 'verified' it:
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"We have opened a secure, anonymous tip line for media workers who have been victims of harassment from @HonestRepCanada or similar media lobbies, or have information about the way these lobbies interact with newsrooms or editorial policy." actionnetwork.org/letters/fo…
NEW: A formal complaint requesting a CRA audit of HonestReporting Canada has been filed by members of Just Peace Advocates and Writers Against the War on Gaza Toronto.
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A deftly-engineered hattrick of new lows @Bell: oust a decorated female journalist from her job; replace her with a younger racialized journalist now bearing all the scorn while holding none of the responsibility; remind us non-household-name journalists the cost of speaking up.
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I think for many white people, the [lack of] police response in Ottawa to the weeks-long protest may be the first time they're seeing a big gap between what policing has always promised them/delivered: "to serve and protect them" and how safe and protected they *actually* feel.
The public is growing increasingly angry at the disconnect between what police say is the response, and what they’re witnessing in terms of the response. #ottnews
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"The revolution needs cooks. It needs the bandager, the person writing the signs, the person carrying the water. And my lane is Restore...where Black people can feel safe and get better." Writing about @hillstudioto for @TorontoLife was a labour of love. torontolife.com/city/were-in…
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"I left my job at CBC because of a story on Palestine. I basically learned to not touch it... to not push too hard on it. I learned basically to fear coverage on the topic and I learned to even fear critiquing or asking questions about how we cover it." ca.news.yahoo.com/limits-of-…
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This is it. @amtremonti’s last day as host of @TheCurrentCBC. She’s the Beyoncé of radio, and this is her Homecoming. We’re live at 8:37am on the radio and @cbcradio app, and live in the flesh at CBC Toronto. We’re celebrating 17 years of AMT on the air. There will be tears.
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Billionaire-funded self-described “digital army for Israel” which receives tax breaks to target journalists (mostly racialized/younger/female) for remotely humanizing/sympathetic coverage of Palestinians. Newsrooms often bow to the pressure, issue “corrections”, discipline staff.
H*nest Reporting Canada has sent out an "alert" describing my recent profile on Toronto singer Mustafa as "non-sensical anti-Israel propaganda."
Mustafa has raised $1.5M in humanitarian aid in Gaza and Sudan. HRC describes his beliefs on these subjects as "idiotic."
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My eyes immediately landed on this this little girl—smiling, proudly holding up her sign —in the opening seconds of this video from London Muslim Mosque vigil.
What a scene. Thousands upon thousands are at the vigil outside London Muslim Mosque to honour the 4 family members killed Sunday in a hate-motivated attack. #ldnont
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Dad, sister, nieces, mom. They celebrate Eid tomorrow in Dubai. I’ve spent 17 Ramadans away from family but this one was unparalleled in the disconnection. I feel defeat rather than peace, but mercy knows better. I hope I get a chance to do better next year. Eid Mubarak everyone.
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I'm going to be teaching a course on Feature Writing at @Harvard summer school. My syllabus for it is due Monday. Very keen to showcase the best of Canadian writing in this course, to showcase the breadth of talent. Do flag any features you love that have really stayed with you.
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The note then goes on to say that CBC "may have to tighten our policies if they're not followed" and that people have been spoken to about their RTs, posts, and likes in the name of "protect[ing] the public’s trust in our work and our journalistic standards and practices."
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When I was a CBC producer, only one story of mine did not make it to air out of the thousands I produced over 10 years. It was about Palestine and it changed the trajectory of my journalism career. My public lecture on the Palestine Exception @Carleton_U:
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The cameraman is frantically asking, “Who? Who is it?” as he approaches. Al Jazeera reporter Fadi Al Wahidi has been reported shot in the neck by a sniper with the Israeli army, a military force that has been targeting journalists with impunity.
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An incredible conversation between @omarelakkad and @elamin88 on the future of the @GillerPrize. cbc.ca/arts/commotion/how-on…
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I've been blown away by the support and solidarity I've received since giving what I believe to be the 'riskiest' lecture in my journalism career: "Objectivity, Press Freedom and the Palestine Exception". Thanks to all who watched at @JSchool_CU or online. piped.video/watch?v=6WCYyttV…
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Today is day one of a fresh start at my new job - and I'm being put to work in the best way. Already in the control room with my new team, recording, creating, and so very excited about what's to come.
In the @AnticaLTD #podcast studio with @Pacinthe, @lisagabrieletv & @ArMalik.
#Toronto #Muslim #pilot
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GOOD DAY FROM ME AND KAWHI!!!! AT THIS MORNING'S @TheCurrentCBC STORY MEETING WE WERE *ONLY* ACCEPTING RAPTORS-RELATED PITCHES AND IF ANYONE TRIED ANYTHING ELSE I SAID "GET THAT GAHBAGE OUTTA HERE!" IN MY BEST @HelloooJack VOICE!! RAPS IN 5 INSHAA ALLAH!!!
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Monday on @TheCurrentCBC, @RMComedy is in studio to talk about what the "Appropriation Prize" reveals about racism in Canadian media.
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All of those Morocco players’ duas and prayers on and off-field must have a direct route to God because this is HISTORY. The good type. I did not realize how joyful it would be to witness an African, African, Berber, Muslim victory on a world stage like this. YALLA YA MAGHREB! 🇲🇦
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The podcast I've been working on for over a year launches tomorrow. "This Being Human", named after Rumi's beautiful poem 'The Guest House', features in-depth conversations, hosted by @ArMalik, with Muslims at the top of their game in art, journalism, tech & A.I., film + more.
The Aga Khan Museum’s podcast is launching January 26! Hosted by journalist @ArMalik, This Being Human showcases extraordinary stories and people from across the kaleidoscope of Muslim experience. New episodes launch every other Tuesday.
agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeingh…
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The thing is: it’s not “women’s greatness in tennis” that’s being celebrated. It’s a specific woman—Serena—who your tweet invisibilizes and erases from the very moment SHE created which you are using to make your “point.” So the question is: what prompted this “comparison”, now?
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Speaking of champions and MVPs: today was the first Eid I got to spend with my parents in years, and our first together in Canada since the 90s.
[Shout out to all the families that took this Eid orphan in over the last 18 years.]
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I absolutely love that I followed you all down this rabbit hole. Felt like I was nodding along to an interesting conversation at a party to which I have nothing of value to add so I nod and smile and say 'mmm-hmmm' about.
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This week has felt like my birthday, graduation, a promotion, and my wedding [justkiddingabouttheweddingstilllookingforahusbandmaybeIfindhimatHarvard] all at once. It feels like a collective win in so many ways. Thank you for celebrating with me, with flowers, cookies & love.
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"I spoke out because when Indigenous people leave quietly, it comes down on us—that we can’t do the job. I know so many of us who can do this job, if only we didn’t have...the other job of fixing racism." Speaking to @ChristineGenier was a balm & an honour
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"Any definition of objectivity that requires a journalist to pretend neutrality asks that person to lie. The press has one purpose, and that is to report news in the public’s interest. It is not propaganda. It is not public relations." nymag.com/intelligencer/2021…
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Thank you Professor Siegel for inviting me to speak to your class, "Truth, Lies and the Press." If someone had told me during the three debilitatingly anxious summer 2020 months of writing my @thewalrus piece that I'd get to talk about it to a Harvard class, I'da never believed.
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Holy, I cannot tell you how encouraging & invigorating your nomination is, not because it's recognizing my work, but because we're talking more about 'objectivity' & how it's weaponized. Thank you @thewalrus, thrilled to be 1 of your 22 (!) nominations!
"Canadian Media's Racism Problem" by @Pacinthe published in @thewalrus is nominated in the Essays category. Congrats, Pacinthe! #NMA21 buff.ly/3o6Iuu2
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My public lecture "Objectivity, Press Freedom and the Palestine Exception" was held on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation @JSchool_CU. Gratitude to @duncanmccue for the land acknowledgement. Indebted to @taudette @ProfAllan @Nanaaba for hosting. piped.video/watch?v=6WCYyttV…
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One of the most underrated parts of the city. A hidden gem in plain sight.
Kennedy Station in Toronto, Canada. Simply beautiful 😍 nitter.app/theroginastha/status/1…
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What’s the opposite of no friends in the industry? Blessed with fresh news from @Mastheadmag’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards that I’ve just won ONE MORE GOLD for Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists! Another win with, and for, an all-star team @thewalrus.
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