Fatima Syed

@fatimabsyed

Freelance reporter/hunter of truth |Previously |VP |KHI-KSA-DXB-YYZ |Self-proclaimed GIF-Queen |Tweets=mine

Toronto, Canada
Joined February 2011
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    Aug 28

    Please holler if you need someone to cover things political, environmental, business, generally complicated, etc. 📧: Fatimabsyed@gmail.com

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    12 hours ago

    “It’s natural to feel overwhelmed, to want to pile together the tragedies of this year and resign ourselves to apathy. But there is a silver lining to this year: we’ve learned more about the world than we ever cared to.”

    "The stories of 2020 that have marked me most deeply are the ones that we could have more easily done something about." In my first , I quickly reflect on the dread of this year, all the ways I tried to dismiss it, and all my hopes for 2021
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    Dec 22

    "But unwittingly, we also used “it’s 2020” as an easy excuse to justify our complacency: it was a bad year and we couldn’t stop any bad thing from happening. We didn’t always take the time to question whether that was true." -- thank you

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    Dec 22

    A stark yet hopeful obituary of 2020 by in

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  5. Dec 22

    I wrote this in November. If I could edit it now, I'd also talk about the struggle to care for loved ones over long distances. I would expand the list of stories we weren't able to care more about because of the overwhelmingness of 2020 to include the Rohingya & Uyghur refugees

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  6. Dec 22

    "The stories of 2020 that have marked me most deeply are the ones that we could have more easily done something about." In my first , I quickly reflect on the dread of this year, all the ways I tried to dismiss it, and all my hopes for 2021

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  7. Dec 21

    "The most polluted part of his day happens at home, as he sinks into his dreams." This is incredible reporting on how inequalities drastically change the experience of climate change, and a stark reminder that "not everyone breathes the same air."

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  8. Dec 20

    I didn't expect this year in review by to give me goosebumps but it did. It also reminded me of so many things I'd forgotten. (The Prime Minister went to Africa this year!?!) This one 👇🏾 is a perfect mood board. (I'm bottom left)

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  9. Dec 18

    I'm angry about this. Angry that this became my favorite podcast. Angry because I looked to it as how terrorism should've been covered (more humanely and with nuance). Angry that this spurred Islamophobia, for no reason. NYT needs to apologize properly:

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  10. Dec 17

    Nine months into the pandemic, I was exhaling: my family, scattered across the world, was safe. Yesterday, my eldest uncle died in Egypt. Over 3 days, he contracted Covid-19, was put on ventilator & died alone. Check in on your relatives. Stay vigilant. This is far from over 💕

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    Dec 15

    "If you call yourself a Canadian and you have not taken a moment today to think about Barbara Kentner, you have no idea what is really happening in this country."

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  12. Dec 15

    Someone please ask me to write a reported essay how it took a pandemic for Canada to realize how valuable the technical expertise of immigrants and refugees was ... and yet didn't do anything to validate their foreign education and work experiences.

    Starting today, we are accepting permanent residence applications from refugee claimants who work in Canada’s health-care sector and provided direct care to patients during the pandemic. Applications will be accepted until August 31, 2021. Apply today:
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  13. Dec 15

    Oct 7: Kim Dong-hee, 36, comes home at 2 am. Returns to pick 420 packages Oct 8: He texts a colleague at 4.28 am. “I am just too tired" Oct 12: He's found dead. Police say heart failure. Colleagues say “gwarosa" - death by overwork Be kind to couriers💕

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  14. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    A vaccine is here, but there's still plenty to do to manage this pandemic. breaks down rapid testing here, with reminding us of all the ways to control COVID-19 outside the lab:

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    Dec 14

    Versus New Zealand, Taiwan has experienced less than 1/2 the COVID-19 cases, and less than 1/2 the deaths. Taiwan also gets less than 1/2 the news coverage, while having 5x the NZ population and 14x the pop density. Taiwan is also woman-led: President Tsai Ing-Wen, PhD. (1)

    When your nation isn't anti-science you can have nice things.
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  16. Dec 14

    All doctors in this story, medical and PhD-holders, are identified as "Dr." Shout out to and for letting that happen.

    There's so much about doctors are still trying to understand, including the effectiveness of rapid tests. To work well, doctors say these tests have to be used at the right place on the right patients by the right people. My latest :
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  17. Dec 14

    There's a tiny bit of exclusive news in this explainer on the 2 rapid tests being used in Canada. An Alberta validation test—a study to make sure a medical test works for the target patients— found both to be largely accurate with a notable caveat:

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  18. Dec 14

    There's so much about doctors are still trying to understand, including the effectiveness of rapid tests. To work well, doctors say these tests have to be used at the right place on the right patients by the right people. My latest :

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    Dec 14

    - The first dose of Covid-19 vaccine has just been administered in Ontario to Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker. Anita has been working at the Rekai Centre since 1988. She worked tirelessly throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, oftentimes doing double shifts.

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    Dec 14

    Pepper-sprayed, covered with a spit hood, put face-down on the floor. Ontario has claimed no unauthorized force was used on Soleiman Faqiri. Now, new filings show what happened violated its own policies. A "triple threat" for asphyxia, one sergeant says.

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    Dec 11

    I count five net-new national strategies and $7.23 billion in new business support funding and incentives promised in the Liberal government's big 2030 climate plan. has the actually-useful details for innovation economy firms ici

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