Adam Bemma

  • Syrian Stuck at Airport Turns to Social Media – Southeast Asia Dispatches

    KUALA LUMPUR – Thirty-seven year-old Syrian asylum seeker Hassan Al Kontar uses social media to share his story of life at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Because of Hassan’s posts, volunteers from Malaysia to Canada have taken up his cause. Adam Bemma met with Hassan at KLIA2. He’s been stuck in limbo hoping to be resettled…

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  • Hassan Al Kontar: A Life in Limbo – CBC The World this Weekend

    KUALA LUMPUR – Hassan Al Kontar is a 37-year-old Syrian living at Kuala Lumpur International Airport for six months. Human rights defenders inside Malaysia have advised him not to seek asylum in the country because it’s not a signatory to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. Canadian volunteers are trying to bring Al Kontar to Canada…

    Adam Bemma

  • Montréal, tales of gentrification in a bohemian city (redux)

    Montreal, tales of gentrification in a bohemian city. Montréal: histoire de la gentrification d’une ville bohème. This 80 minute documentary examines the rapid push for condo development in Montréal. Residents speak about how this development is having an effect in communities all across the city. I finished this film back in September 2011, then I…

    Adam Bemma

  • Journalists for Human Rights Face New Challenge in East Africa

    Years of experience working with journalists in West Africa could not prepare Canada’s media development organization, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), with what would happen next in East Africa. Written by a former JHR Tanzania media trainer. ARUSHA, Tanzania – Canadian journalist Chris Oke never thought when he accepted a position at Journalists for Human…

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  • Catching a break in Nairobi: How two Canadian freelancers covered the Westgate mall shooting

    Two recent Canadian journalism graduates, dreaming of careers as international journalists, caught the break of a lifetime landing a fellowship with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Wanting to combine her passion for journalism and travel, French journalist Flavie Halais applied for, and was awarded, the international fellowship. “I dreamed of working abroad as a journalist…

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  • Rights Radio Report #4: Ghana

    Farm Radio International works in Africa to help empower rural families and farmers, using radio. In Ghana, the organization launched a project to help improve farming techniques and is building local programming in the north to educate Ghanaians about the effects of climate change.

    Adam Bemma

  • Rights Radio Report #3: War & Peace games

    Every year at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, political science students undergo an intensive peacebuilding exercise. This is all part of a class to train students how to overcome bureaucratic obstacles post-conflict. McGill professor Rex Brynen created a unique peacebuilding simulation game to give them a real-world experience. The fictional country is Brynania, named after…

    Adam Bemma
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