Fathima Cader is a writer and photographer. She holds a degree in law and runs an online design studio, likethewind designs.
Articles by Fathima Cader
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“Dreams are the worst right now”
Book review
After a decade of captivity, Omar Khadr, the first child ever convicted of a war crime, became the last Western citizen to be repatriated out of Guantanamo Bay.
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Disconsolatus
An interview with Amita Bhatia
Amita Bhatia, of Vahana Films, is an independent filmmaker. Briarpatch contributor Fathima Cader caught up with Bhatia to talk about Disconsolatus, a full-length science-fiction psychodrama that she wrote and directed.
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Vigilante nation
On guard against Canada’s ‘most-wanted’ list
Evidently, the Conservatives’ “most-wanted” list has become a permanent and ongoing means of enlisting public support in the burgeoning business of deportation.
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Tamil, tiger, terrorist?
Anti-migrant hysteria and the criminalization of asylum seekers
In August 2010, the MV Sun Sea arrived in Vancouver carrying 492 Tamil refugees fleeing post-war Sri Lanka. All on board were immediately detained upon arrival in Canada. Nearly a year later, 19 are still in jail.
