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. […]
Category: Charlie Hebdo
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]