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First Person
Hope, disappointment, self-censorship: What it's like to be a Palestinian Canadian
"Palestine is my homeland and Canada is my adopted country. I love both," says Idris Elbakri. But while living in Canada has helped "process my Palestinian experience and understand it more deeply ... not everything Canada taught me was positive," he says.
Messages of hope and transformation can ease pandemic pain: Manitoba Islamic Association chair
'We all need to have a healthy combination of responsibility and hope to get through this,' says Manitoba Islamic Association chair Idris Elbakri. 'We have what it takes. We are almost there.'
Opinion
Diversity lessons from the hajj for Maxime Bernier and Canada
Like the hajj, living in a diverse society is hard work.
Opinion
Let's come together, not stand apart, 1 year after the Quebec City mosque shooting
Islamophobia is real. I know it from first-hand experiences and from my work in the Muslim community. But is designating Jan. 29 a special day to combat Islamophobia the best way forward?