Twice silenced: refugee journalists in Canada struggle to be heard
Twice silenced: refugee journalists in Canada struggle to be heard
Christopher John Chanco
January 11, 2022
By Christopher John Chanco and Arzu Yildiz
For many journalists who have been silenced in their home countries and have sought asylum in Canada, the price paid for safety can be heavy to bear.
For refugees in particular, living in a country that offers them safety but not purpose can, in some ways, be more painful, as many are unable to practice their calling in a media industry that often excludes them. In this half-way house of sorts, emotions gravitate between gratitude and disappointment, hope and resignation.
“A refugee is a victim twice,” observes Syrian poet and journalist, Abdulrahman Matar: a victim, first, of political persecution in the home country, and then of “unjust, unfair laws in the countries of asylum.”
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