Aleppo Kebab almost tastes like home
Syrian refugee and restauranteur Zakaria Mokdad settled in Canada with help from George Brown College staff member Daphne Bonar
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Supper with Syria exceeds fundraising goal
George Brown Professor helps organize evening to celebrate Syria
College says it plans to support Syrian refugees
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Award memorializes photojournalist killed in Syria
Deceased freelancer Ali Mustafa helped establish York campus paper
Canada to send fighter jets to bomb Islamic State
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government is asking Parliament to back a combat mission that will participate in air strikes against the Islamic State (IS), or ISIL, and its allies for up to six months but will not include Canadian troops in ground operations.
Kidnapped in Syria: Journalist Susan Dabbous talks about her terrifying ordeal
The Italian feature film The Border was one of the most talked about movies at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). To recreate the frightening reality of a country where civil war is continuing at full strength, director Alessio Cremonini involved non-professional actors and refugees.
Syrian GBC students struggle to find any hope in civil war
Karen Nickel Staff Reporter Syria dominates the news lately. The nation waits to find out if it will be the target of limited military strikes from the United States, backed up (in words) by Stephen Harper. The use of chemical weapons on Aug. 21 in Damascus pushed Obama across his ‘red line’ into considering military…