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Podcasts

The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo: Episode 8 of The Deep Dive

March 10, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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