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Alia Dharssi

Alia Dharssi is a freelance writer and a proud Vancouverite with an interest in current affairs, international development and environmental issues. Find her on Twitter @alia_d. 

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National conversation launched for Canada’s 150th
Canada
Alia Dharssi
Apr 9th, 2013
From tackling climate change to cross-country trains, Canadians discuss ways to celebrate Canada's big birthday.
Building careers in the Downtown Eastside, one block of wood at a time
City
Alia Dharssi
Mar 14th, 2013
If you walk into a RONA store in the Lower Mainland, you can purchase planters, patio furniture, and wooden Christmas ornaments from an unexpected source: the Downtown Eastside.
Sayed Kashua uses humour to explore identity conflicts in Israel
Books
Alia Dharssi
Mar 8th, 2013
Sayed Kashua, an award-winning Arab-Israeli writer who is speaking in Vancouver on Saturday (March 9),  uses humour to convince his readers to to take their nationalistic identities less...
Broadbent Institute director urges eco-progressives to dive into "nitty gritty" of policy making
Politics
Alia Dharssi
Feb 27th, 2013
Rick Smith on the future of the environment and the Canadian economy
Citizens demand justice for indigenous women at annual missing women's memorial march
City
Alia Dharssi
Feb 15th, 2013
A sombre memorial marks Valentine's Day in the Downtown Eastside.
Hundreds call for justice for Aboriginal women at missing women's memorial march
Politics
Alia Dharssi
Feb 15th, 2013
Supporters demand a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
Journalist Robert Fisk criticizes shallow news coverage of Middle East
Middle East
Alia Dharssi
Feb 3rd, 2013
“There is, I think, among journalists today and particularly in the United States, an osmotic-parasitic relationship between journalism and power,” said Robert Fisk, a world-renowned Middle...
Legendary Middle East journalist Robert Fisk to speak at St. Andrew's-Wesley Church today
Middle East
Alia Dharssi
Feb 1st, 2013
Reporter Robert Fisk has offered up blunt truths about the often war-torn region.
Waldorf closure spurs unprecedented civic engagement
City
Alia Dharssi
Jan 22nd, 2013
As the future of the Waldorf hangs in the balance, arts advocates are encouraged by an unexpectedly high level of public support.
Not Your Average Garden Gnome
Art
Alia Dharssi
Sep 17th, 2009
Zimsculpt, an exhibition of Zimbabwean sculptures running in the Van Dusen Gardens until October 4th, is filled with captivating figures that seem to bloom among Van Dusen’s colourful flowers, varied...
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