Tarek Fatah
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FATAH: Palestinians die as hostages of Hamas
As hundreds die in Gaza once more, one cannot help feeling the pain of the Palestinians. They bury their dead children with no end in sight. Another ceasefire may come into effect soon, but will not end their multi-generational misery as a people without a state.

FATAH: A Star columnist's slurring of India's 'fascist regime' didn't go over too well
“How does one begin to capture scenes from a nation led by a fascist regime being felled by a deadly pandemic,” asked Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar on Monday in a column ostensibly written to soothe the pain of Indo-Canadians as we watched our ancestral homeland facing the full wrath of the COVID-19 virus.

FATAH: Jordan -- another artificial country in chaos
Colonization of Asia and Africa may have ended after the Second World War, but maps drawn as straight lines by our Anglo-French masters’ compass sets after the First World War still haunt the people who live there.

FATAH: Being allies in the fight against Islamist extremism
There is a saying in the Indian subcontinent about the thief, who instead of showing remorse, berates the judge. There are those within the Muslim community leadership throughout North America who fit this description, where instead of admitting wrongdoing — even if it’s unintentional — and changing course so that they can be allies in the fight against Islamist extremism, they play the victim card.

FATAH: The death of a true feminist in the Islamic world
Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Arab feminist from Egypt, a psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings triggered anger among Islamic clerics, leading to her imprisonment by President Sadat, died of age-related health problems in Cairo on Sunday. She was 89.

FATAH: Free laundromats or Universal Basic Income
The sight of the homeless sleeping on sidewalks in below-freezing temperatures is not an uncommon sight for those of us who call the downtown core of Canada’s major cities our home. However, a new category of the poor is emerging in our neighbourhoods.

FATAH: The Swiss have banned the burka -- when will Canada follow?
On Sunday, the Swiss narrowly voted to ban all face coverings in public. The initiative behind the referendum was launched in 2016 by associates of the Swiss People’s Party and the Egerkingen Committee, that had in 2009 successfully pushed for a vote to ban the building of new mosque minarets in the country.
