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This week Annie Hylton speaks about her longform feature for the March/April issue of The Walrus. She takes a look at the long, and complex case of Ayoob Mohammed

A man leaves a fortified prison for darkness and emptiness, a chain still encircling his ankle

Current Affairs / March/April 2022

Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo

February 28, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Annie Hylton

Exonerated after four years in Guantánamo Bay, Ayoob Mohammed is still unable to join his family in Canada

Book cover of Praying to the West by Omar Mouallem

Books

From the Arctic to Brazil: The Deep Roots of Islam in the Americas

September 28, 2021February 15, 2022 - by Fatima Syed

A new book shows how Muslim communities make up a complex, vital part of Western society

A woman speaks with her daughter at the scene of Sunday's hate-motivated vehicle attack in London, Ontario

Society

Reflections on the London Terrorist Attack

July 12, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

With each new act of racist brutality, another piece of me shuts off from the world

Health / Society

The Decade in Relationships

December 31, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From the racism of online dating to mourning through technology, here are the relationship conversations that helped define Canada

Politics

The Decade in Politics

December 15, 2019April 25, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

From predicting civil war in the US to evaluating the health of our own democracy, these are the politics conversations that helped define Canada

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Politics

Why the Trudeau Government Won’t Call Out Islamophobia

January 29, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Justin Ling

If politicians want to end hate, they have to name it for what it is

Photograph of a candlelight vigil held at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Monday evening, January 30, 2017 for the people who were killed and wounded in the shooting at a Québec City mosque.

Current Affairs

Remembering the Quebec City Mosque Shooting

January 29, 2018February 19, 2022 - by The Walrus

On the one-year anniversary, we gather some of our most important stories about the event, its aftermath, and religious worship in Canada

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Society

Stop Telling Women What to Wear

January 2, 2018March 8, 2020 - by Pamela Divinsky

Any legislation that polices clothing as way of protecting society will invite the kind of oppression Canada normally condemns

Uncategorized

A Very Muslim Christmas

December 24, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Hana Shafi

How my family brought together two holidays and found belonging

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