From the lens of international relations
Initially, I didn’t hear about Charlie Hebdo until a day after it happened. Even then, I heard spotty coverage and wasn’t completely sure what happened. When I researched this tragic…
A hit close to home
Ever since the attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper in Paris, journalists around the world have been debating the difference between freedom of speech and simply offending a certain…
Freedom of respect
The terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo is a cause for concern for people of all religions. The world wide press is mainly focused on the terrorist attack on the twelve…
Hebdo’s request
The images and words printed by Charlie Hebdo can be viewed as offensive, maybe disturbing, immoral, horrifying even, and this is exactly why they are printed. Charlie Hebdo targets big…
Je suis juste moi
As a Muslim living in America, I am offended by having to defend others’ right to offend my beliefs. Especially in the past few months, I feel like I often…
The problem with posthumous ethnocentrism
Through the eyes of journalists, and those who support Western ideals, freedom of speech is a right that individuals deserve. In spite of the necessity of the existence of this…
We must fight on
“Do you know why people like violence?” Benedict Cumberbatch says in a low, empty voice, playing the role of Alan Turing in the recently released movie The Imitation Game. “It…
An opportunity to strengthen our resolve
Today the blue, white and red tricolour of the French flag flies over a country that pains from a devastating attack on an office building in Paris, resulting in the…
Emphasizing the importance of the free press
The tragedy that occurred this past week was not only a solemn reminder of the dangers of unfiltered journalism, but also why it is irreplaceable in modern society. Each and…
Raising the concern of the right to respect
As a journalist, I am an advocate for freedom of speech and expression – yet, just as Pope Francis declared during an in-flight news conference to Manila, I believe there…