Tahir Has Become a Canadian Citizen
Newsletter to Friends: Celebrating Tahir's Canadian Nationality!
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Chapters 21 & 22 Ready
Summaries of chapters 21 and 22 are now available online!
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The Season of Light and Silence
All Saints' Day Reflections from Caracas.
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New photo album: Cementerio del Este in Caracas
A visit to the Cementerio del Este, celebrating All Saints' Day.
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Memoir Updates
The first draft of Chapter 20 is ready.
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Flash news/Press review:
01.11.2025: Al Jazeera: Civilians fleeing Darfur have shared horrific accounts of killings, rape, and abuse by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following the fall of El-Fasher, the last army stronghold in North Darfur, after an 18-month siege. Survivors described being stopped, beaten, and searched by RSF fighters, with one man spared execution only because a captor recognised him from university. Many, including elderly women and children, endured days of walking in extreme conditions to reach safety in the nearby town of Tawila.
28.09.2025: Seychelles to hold presidential and parlamentary elections. Environment and drug policies appear to be the main theme of political discussion in the country.
01.09.2025: Euronews: A powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured more than 2,500, the Taliban government said on Monday.
10.08.2025: Al Jazeera: The Palestinian mission to the United Nations accused Israel of “deliberately assassinating” al-Sharif and Qreiqeh, describing them as among the “last remaining journalists” in Gaza.
03.08.2025: Al Jazeera: A Palestinian teenager, shot in the eye by Israeli forces while desperately seeking food for his family near a United States and Israeli-backed GHF site in Gaza. Fifteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar told Al Jazeera that Israeli soldiers kept shooting at him even after he was struck by a bullet, making him think “this was the end” and “death was near”.
28.07.2025: BBC: Preserving traditional santoors in Kashmir. A story of Ghulam Mohammed, a passionate lover of music and craftmanship.
24.07.2025: Al Jazeera: A group of US doctors, veterans and members of Congress protested outside the Capitol, calling on President Trump and lawmakers to cease all military and diplomatic support for Israel, as they highlighted the starvation crisis unfolding in Gaza, where over 100 Palestinians, including infants, have died from famine under the blockade . They emphasised that the US is enabling a humanitarian catastrophe through its aid, and urged leaders to listen to public sentiment and push for a ceasefire.