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"Although I have provided relief supplies at other disaster locations such as Indonesia and Kashmir, I never seen anything like Haiti," said Farooq Khan, in an interview with the Canadian Charger.
Below are 10 things Canada should do to help Haiti. To make sense of the list below, however, it's necessary to mention some recent political context.
"Since 2004, the new colonists have painted the face of us who are Haitian with the mud of humiliation." - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, year-end letter to the Haitian people, Dec. 21 from exile in South Africa. The hearts of the world opened to Haiti a year ago this week, in the wake of the vast destruction and death and injury caused by the devastating earthquake. But today we are bewildered and angry to see that the rubble still isn't being removed and thousands are still living in crowded camps with only thin tarps over them and no possessions or basic safety.
On November 5th, millions of Muslims who made the pilgrimage of Hajj will gather for prayers on the Plain of Arafat at the foot of the Mount of Mercy, located just outside the holy city of Mecca. The next day, they will celebrate Eid-Ul-Adha, joining the world community of Muslims everywhere who could not perform the Hajj this year.
Last month, after polling 5,029 Egyptians nationwide the Washington-based Zogby Research Services has determined that more than half of all Egyptians see president Morsi's election as a setback for Egypt.
Hamas has been accused of interfering in Egypt's internal affairs; an earlier accusation mentioned Syria. Such accusations are unprecedented, as well as unfounded, because ever since the movement was founded, it has never interfered in any Arab country's affairs; even when called upon to do so and weigh in, the movement stuck to its position and refused.
What you do for others produces more happiness for you than what you receive. That was a key message given by psychiatrist Timothy Lau, in a lecture on happiness given at the Royal Ottawa Hospital on January 25.
For-Profit media means: For-Sale to advisers. Reader Supported means: Reader Beholden.
Today, Dec. 18, Muslims mark a new Islamic year, 1431 A.H. Jews marked their new year on Sept. 19 for the year 5770, and the Christian world will mark a new year on Friday, Jan. 1 - 2010 A.D.
The recent Palestinian-Israeli conflict raises old issues but they all are ignored by the Western media, Western politicians and Zionist Jews.
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