Amira Elghawaby And Quebec’s Islamophobia Problem
Screenshot via Canadian Muslim COVID-19 Task Force on YouTube.
Quebec media and political parties have lined up to attack Elghawaby for pointing out basic truths about the province.
Nora Loreto
Every year since 2017, a collective I’m a part of has organized a vigil to remember the victims of the shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City. Each year, we’ve debated what message we want to stick to when speaking with journalists. We know we ultimately don’t have any control over these messages, but we still try. This year, we decided we wanted to highlight the experiences of Muslim youth in Quebec City — their hopes, fears and dreams. We wanted them to share what it has been like for them to grow up in this city, especially since the shooting. What we didn’...
