Tag: Cairo

  • Canadian visa refusal for Palestinian poet overturned after social media campaign

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    A social media victory is being claimed on behalf of the leading Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan after his visa to enter Canada to attend a prestigious poetry award ceremony – initially denied – was granted on Thursday. Zaqtan was shortlisted for the C$65,000 (£41,000) Griffin poetry prize in April for his 10th collection Like a Straw Bird It Follows…

  • Truly Inspiring

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    Daniela
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    Mohammed Assaf managed to get past all the roadblocks and barriers to make it to the first stage of Arab Idol’s competition in Cairo. From a Gaza refugee camp, he eventually had to climb over the walls of the compound where the auditions were taking place because he arrived too late. Once inside, without a…