Parliament

January 2009: Parliament Resumes

Prince Edward Island: Lighthouse Series

Prince Edward Island: Lighthouse Series

Prince Edward Island: Lighthouse Series

Christmas Lights

Mississauga City Hall- January 2009

I don't like Christmas much. It's cold, people are miserable under the pressure of finding the right gift, and the holidays are so close to A's birthday. But the lights, bright sparkling lights that hang off leafless maple trees and city hall cornices and rain gutters on ugly brick houses...the christmas lights make christmas pretty.

Toronto Protest Against Occupation of Gaza

PEACE

Those who know me personally know that I have been very attached to the peace sign for a very long time. I usually wear one around my neck. So when I set out to protest for Palestine, I asked my best friend, A, what I should make on my sign. He didn't pause for a moment...and said...the Peace Sign.

Toronto Protest Against the Israeli Occupation of Gaza

These men are heroes to me.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Elie Wiesel

Toronto Protest Against Occupation of Gaza

In the last frame, the woman is bending down to kiss her son, a toddler who had spent the last hour holding up a protest sign during a cold alert in Toronto.

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: T

The one who kept me sane

New Years Eve 2009

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: Last night

It was incredible, standing two inches away from Magritte, and Duchamp, enveloped inside a Moshe Safdie structure. I highly recommend a visit to the National Gallery of Canada when in Ottawa.

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: Haidar's Hat

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: Hash

"Everyone has a story, a conflict waiting to be resolved"

To me, Hash is less Ottawa and more Lebanon. Lebanon's political and religious unrest, it's mythical beauty and multifaceted people, personified.

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: Haiti in Three Faces

Haiti: first black led postcolonial independent nation in the world, and the first Caribbean nation to gain independence. Tiny country of just 8 million. These three Haitian kids, with their dance, their laugh, their attempts at teaching me French- made Ottawa memorable!

Countdown: Last 30 Days in Ottawa: Day 26: One year later...

It took me an entire year of hating Ottawa to finally sink my roots into its very heart. And now that I feel at home, I'm leaving it.
It has been a month full of angst, I don't want to give Ottawa all up!

Ottawa U in October

I don't mind spending my weekends at the Ottawa U library when we get such lovely colors

Feet

It's winter in Ottawa, and I miss being able to sink my feet into flip flops and warm sand.

Identity (Ambedkar)

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