Bill Horace: Accused in Liberia, living in Toronto
A former Liberian army rebel commander accused of war crimes is under investigation in Canada
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Michael Petrou
Senior writer Michael Petrou has covered conflict across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. He is the author of ’Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War’, which was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award, and ’Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World’, which won it. He has a DPhil from the University of Oxford.
Iran’s long reach into Canada
The Iranian government is aggressively reaching out to the Iranian diaspora in Canada
Greek elections: Take two
Nothing is yet settled, but the likely prospect of a pro-euro coalition has brought some comfort to other European leaders
Egypt: A coup, and the seeds of a new revolution
The Egyptian people’s army has betrayed the Egyptian people. Its blunder is in also underestimating them
Iranian-Canadian academics slam Carleton for hosting Ayatollah Khomeini love-in
Ten Iranian-Canadian academics have written a letter to Carleton University President Roseann O’Reilly Runte to criticize the...
Michael Petrou on elections in Egypt: The Arab Spring for this?
A return to the Mubarak era—or Sharia law? That’s the choice facing voters in Egypt’s presidential runoff
U.S.-Pakistan relations hit new low
While Washington and Pakistan are increasingly at odds, neither side wants to sever the relationship.
Carleton University teams up with Iranian embassy to honour Ayatollah Khomeini
Carleton University in Ottawa last weekend hosted a pro-Islamic Republic of Iran propaganda event sponsored in part by the Iranian...
A poet returns home to Afghanistan
The body of Ustad Khalilullah Khalili, one of Afghanistan’s greatest modern poets, was brought home to Afghanistan from Pakistan...
12 more food confessions
Pace comrade Jessica Allen : 1. I don’t wash much of anything. 2. I think spit roasting a lamb in my backyard and feeding it to...