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Kareem Shaheen

Kareem Shaheen

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Kareem Shaheen is a veteran Middle East correspondent in Canada

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People wearing masks walk along a busy shopping street in Ankara, Turkey, last week. Turkey’s coronavirus case count has exploded to 2.2 million. AP Photo
In the Middle East, Covid misinformation is putting lives at risk

Leaders need to take the initiative to combat this issue as well as increase public trust in vaccines

CommentJanuary 06, 2021
A man rides his bicycle in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa last week. AFP
Syrian conflict needs attention after being put on the backburner

After the devastation caused by Covid-19 and a scandalous lack of progress in resolving the war, the world must start thinking about Syria again in 2021

CommentDecember 30, 2020
Noor and Aziz are the first Rohingya Muppets created by Sesame Street. Sesame Street Social Impact / YouTube
Sesame Street is an important platform to tell the Rohingya story

Introduction of two muppets on the show can help improve the mental health of children who have suffered through war’s atrocities

CommentDecember 28, 2020
Christmas lights in Moscow, December 15. AFP
Quranic verses and Christmas lights: my multifaith holiday season

I have never understood the reluctance to celebrate with other faiths

CommentDecember 17, 2020
Hummus at a restaurant in Tripoli, north of Beirut, Lebanon. AFP
We need to talk about what ‘foodies’ are doing to hummus

Creativity in cooking is not a crime, until it is

CommentDecember 10, 2020
A Canada Day drive-by parade makes its way through town on July 1, 2020 in Newcastle. After living in several countries, Kareem Shaheen has settled down with his family in Canada. AFP
In Canada, I have finally found a home

Kareem Shaheen explains what it means to become a 'permanent' resident

CommentDecember 07, 2020
Syrian women have often borne the brunt of gender-based and domestic violence because of the conditions in refugee camps and the lack of economic opportunities there. AFP
How the pandemic could set Arab women back

Conflict and economic downturn in the region are threatening to undo the progress made on gender-related issues

CommentDecember 07, 2020
Raed Fares spoke out against atrocities committed by the Assad regime, but also by groups such as ISIS. Handout
Two years after his murder, Raed Fares' legacy lives on
CommentNovember 25, 2020
Gaza is among the most vulnerable areas of the Middle East during the coronavirus pandemic, as its economy and infrastructure are already crippled by a corrupt government and an Israeli blockade. AFP
In much of the Middle East, there's no second Covid wave - just one big tsunami

It is much harder to protect the vulnerable in places where the number of cases is uncertain

CommentNovember 18, 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden was vice president when his country and Iran signed their nuclear act. Reuters
What will Iran do with Biden's America?

The new US administration will want to go back to the negotiating table, but Tehran's regional ambitions have not faded

CommentNovember 12, 2020
A member of a conservative group waves a flag bearing a message of support for US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Seoul. Reuters
The danger to the world of a divided and self-obsessed America

The international order has been weakened by the US's abandonment of the pillars that prop up trade and security

CommentNovember 04, 2020
US-Canada relations have deteriorated in recent times, in part due to the poor equation between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau. AP Photo
Canada should look past the US election outcome
CommentNovember 02, 2020
Kurdish fighter stand guard as Syrian child, suspected of being related to Islamic State (IS) group fighters, waits at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, before being released along with women and children to return to their homes, in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on October 28, 2020. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
What the next US president has to do in Syria

Whether Biden or Trump, the president must revive stalled peace talks and leverage the Caesar sanctions

CommentNovember 02, 2020
A Syrian refugee child is carried by her mother in Gaziantep, sout-east Turkey. Charities working in the region said the mental heath impact of conflict and the global pandemic will last a generation. AP
Is Syria now safe enough for refugees to return?

The pandemic is forcing asylum seekers to consider going back home, but not necessarily because they want to

CommentOctober 21, 2020
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Leidschendam, Netherlands 18 August. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
Lebanon is being forced to relive its traumas

The Lebanese people are desperate for a cure to their country's ills, but instead they are repeatedly presented with old poisons

CommentOctober 15, 2020
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