Tarek Fatah

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FATAH: The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro is at risk

The devastating flood that has submerged vast areas of Pakistan, uprooted millions, and killed thousands is now threatening to destroy what remains of the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro, the very birthplace of Indian civilization in the province of Sindh.

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September 7, 2022 Columnists

Ruins at Mohenjo-daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, suffered damage from heavy rainfall, in Larkana District, of Sindh, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

FATAH: Gorbachev, the West's man inside the Kremlin?

There was a joke about Mikhail Gorbachev among many left-wing Canadians of South Asian ancestry who would mispronounce the Soviet leader’s name as “Ghar-Bachao” (save your home) as they saw the president of the then U.S.S.R. pal up with the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

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August 31, 2022 Columnists

In this file photo taken March 15, 1990, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev poses solemnly as he takes the oath at the Congress of Deputies, in Moscow.

FATAH: What has happened to Salman Rushdie?

At a meeting of like-minded liberal Muslims last night, a proposal was made to take a step beyond our weekly forays into the travails that have led the Muslim community to regress further into the dogma-driven existence that draws its strength from medievalism and magical beliefs, defying both science and sanity.

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August 24, 2022 Columnists

Author Salman Rushdie gestures during a news conference before the presentation of his book 'Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights' at the Niemeyer Center in Aviles, Spain, Oct. 7, 2015.

FATAH: Breaking down the real Satanic Verses

To many people in the West, the assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie by the American-born Lebanese Muslim man Hadi Matar was because the Indian-born British novelist had perhaps labelled the Islamic Holy book, The Quran itself, as “The Satanic Verses.”

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August 17, 2022 Columnists

FATAH: The forgotten plight of the Palestinians

The sight of 11-year-old Palestinian girl Rahaf Sulaiman, who according to a social media post lost both her legs and had her right hand amputated after an Israeli air raid on Gaza, would break anyone’s heart.

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August 10, 2022 Columnists

Protestors gathered on Parliament Hill Sunday, May 23, 2021,to voice their concerns over the violence in Palestine.

FATAH: After Ukraine, does the U.S. want war over Taiwan?

As if the war in Ukraine were not enough to destabilize the world, killing thousands of Ukrainians and Russians, causing food shortages and suffering among millions across the globe, the United States has stoked yet another conflict, this time in the Far East, just 180 km from China’s coast.

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August 3, 2022 Columnists

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks with Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu before boarding a plane at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.

FATAH: What the Pope could have also done

Nothing reflected the dissonance between Canada’s First Nations and the Pope’s Apology Tour than the anguished and impromptu rendering of a song in Cree sung by Si Pih Ko, an Indigenous woman, as tears streamed down her face.

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July 27, 2022 Columnists

Pope Francis is welcomed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon during a welcome ceremony at the Residence of the Governor General of Canada at the Citadelle in Quebec City, July 27, 2022.

FATAH: The West focuses on a heat wave, while famine, drought happen in Africa

With sad, sullen faces, newscasters on most TV networks have been reporting on the heatwave in Europe, where it is said 40 Celsius temperatures have become unbearable for people in countries such as Portugal, Spain and Greece and Great Britain.

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July 20, 2022 Columnists

Clouds gather but produce no rain as cracks are seen in the dried up municipal dam in drought-stricken Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, November 14, 2019.

FATAH: Time for Canada to end monopolies in telecom sector

It was a Black Friday for Canadians, but not the one we are used to. Not one filled with incredible sales and deals. In fact, the Black Friday of July 8 was truly black because of the crash of Rogers Internet services countrywide.

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July 13, 2022 Columnists

A pedestrian walks past the Rogers moniker with a Bell truck in the foreground, Monday July 11, 2022.

FATAH: Boris Johnson scandal shows the need for political courage

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson could very well be on the last leg of his nine lives, having dodged one crisis after another that has cast a shadow over his ability to govern and his integrity.

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July 6, 2022 Columnists

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022.

Tarek Fatah

LATEST STORIES BY TAREK FATAH

FATAH: The ancient city of Mohenjo-daro is at risk

FATAH: Gorbachev, the West's man inside the Kremlin?

FATAH: What has happened to Salman Rushdie?

FATAH: Breaking down the real Satanic Verses

FATAH: The forgotten plight of the Palestinians

FATAH: After Ukraine, does the U.S. want war over Taiwan?

FATAH: What the Pope could have also done

FATAH: The West focuses on a heat wave, while famine, drought happen in Africa

FATAH: Time for Canada to end monopolies in telecom sector

FATAH: Boris Johnson scandal shows the need for political courage

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