Azeezah Kanji

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank @AJEnglish aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/26…

"We are sometimes called the lost #COVID19 generation - but we’re not the lost generation, we are the WELCOME generation. So let's join hands together so that we can work towards a better tomorrow together." -- @BTS_twt share their message of hope with @MelissaFleming.

"I was rejected [from the job]." Muslim women struggle with Germany’s ‘hijab ban’ in workplaces aje.io/fz3sun

speaking at the panel on Religion and Politics youtube.com/watch?v=_eo46m… #AzeezahKanji @AzeezahKanji

"Uganda’s doors will remain open. Open to those fleeing war, to those without homes, to those seeking hope in an increasingly callous and unpredictable world." — #AJOpinion by Jeje Odongo aje.io/5tg5r8

Testimonies from Tigray parents of severely malnourished children, medics, IDPs and residents who beg for food suggest dramatic worsening of situation in Ethiopia’s war-hit region. Read more: aje.io/jtbnj3

“Bagram was a place of utter cruelty and barbarism.” Former Afghan prisoners recount stories of torture and abuse in the US-led Bagram prison. Read more: aje.io/3mhvqq

Geelani, many Kashmiris believe, was the last powerful separatist leader in the region, who openly challenged Indian rule and enjoyed overwhelming local support ⤵️ aje.io/4kq4t3

Tamil family granted 12-month visas to stay in Australia and leave immigration detention, except for youngest child aje.io/hwune7

🇸🇸 #SouthSudan: Deputy UN Human Rights Chief @NadaNashif calls on Government to work closely with local leaders to attain peaceful resolutions to localized conflicts, including by holding perpetrators accountable. Learn more: ow.ly/54lx50Gf5xF #HRC48 #StandUp4HumanRights

Anti- #shariahysteria based on unfounded fears: #AzeezahKanji thestar.com/opinion/commen…

16 million people in Yemen are ‘marching towards starvation’, according to the UN food agency aje.io/bcf5zf

How heavy rainfall and flash floods have left South Sudanese refugees homeless again — in pictures aje.io/gtz4fz

A shaman who tried to end Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 outbreak with “blessed” water has died of the virus aje.io/uujkt9

Many flee as Myanmar's army 'torches' homes in Sagaing region aje.io/z6ua26

⚡Stories you shouldn't miss today - 23 September 👇 aje.io/majc2x

"The people want to dissolve parliament." Dueling Tunisian protests erupt over president’s power grab — in pictures aje.io/9h6n9g

"The 9/11 narrative of radical historical rupture is sustained by radical historical erasure – obscuring the continuities between the excised colonial past and the sanitised colonial present." — writes Azeezah Kanji for #AJOpinion ⤵️ aje.io/9c8gj4

Next up on Sept 22nd at 4pm EDT - CFE In Conversation Series: Countering #Islamophobia in Canada: After 20 Years of the "War on Terror" - Azeezah Kanji in conversation with @timmcsorley - @EPLdotCA @torontolibrary @Milton_Library @TBayPL @VPL @ICLMG cfe.ryerson.ca/events/counter…

Azeezah Kanji, Director of Programming at Noor Cultural Centre, joins @timmcsorley, National Coordinator of the @ICLMG, to discuss countering Islamophobia in Canada. Presented by @RyersonCFE. Sept 22 | 1pm | Online | ow.ly/dnK650GbkBY