VIDEO: Journalists rally at Nathan Phillips Square
About 50 people marked the “Global Day of Action”, a campaign held Feb. 27 in more than 30 countries, to call for the release of Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy.
Egypt
Scarborough MPs take up cause of Coptic Christians in Egypt
Sparks flew in the House of Commons as Jim Karygiannis, MP Scarborough-Agincourt, took on the Harper government for their lack of response in dealing with the recent killings of the Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Toronto forum discusses current revolution in Middle East
A Canadian sociology professor says, despite the popular revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, women’s rights are not yet being respected in the region. The Glenn Gould Studio in downtown Toronto was packed…
Organizer says support for Egyptian rallies in Yonge-Dundas grew on Facebook
Lemme Ibrahim looks toward a crowd of hundreds gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square Saturday afternoon in celebration of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. She says she has trouble believing it was only two weeks ago when she sat at a coffee shop with a friend and discussed putting together a rally in support of freedom and democracy in Egypt.
Egyptian Canadians celebrate Mubarak’s resignation
Naira Badawi’s phone has been ringing non-stop. Among those calling? Her fiancé, Egyptian-American Amr Taha, was in Tahrir Square when the announcement of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation was made. Taha has been camping in the centre of Cairo on and off since the anti-Mubarak protests began.
Learning from Egypt: Be the change
“Be the change you wish to see in the world,” Gandhi once said.
Harrowing bus journey for Guelph woman in Egypt
When Janette Samaan left for her month-long trip to visit family in Alexandria, Egypt, at the beginning of January, she never imagined her last few days there would be filled with gunfire, chaos and her homeland turned upside down.
Members of Egyptian-Canadian community add their voices of protest
Egyptian-Canadian Mouhab Saber has grievances with his native country. “We want a new president because the present one is stealing money from our country,” he said. “We’re trying to achieve freedom.”
Egyptian-Canadian wants to see change in his homeland
Mohamed Tobar arrived in Canada just five months ago, yet he’s already practising his democratic right of freedom to assemble, a right he says he didn’t have in his home country Egypt.