The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative gathered in Ottawa to discuss Canada�s private sponsorship programme, which allows groups of five Canadian citizens or more to sponsor a refugee family.
A year after arriving in Canada, Syrian refugees are adjusting to life in their new home and finding ways of keeping their community alive and united, despite challenges.
In-depth: Algerian refugee has been accused of being an al-Qaeda sleeper agent in secret evidence he has not been allowed to see, reports Jillian Kestler D'Amours.
The Sidi Moumen Cultural Centre in Morocco was founded in 2006 as the first community centre to open in a neighbourhood know for its drug dealers, criminals and extremists.
Former Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who along with two colleagues, was jailed in Egypt's notorious Scorpio prison, documents his ordeal in a memoir.
Hiam Abbass is one of the most recognisable and acclaimed Palestinian actors, with a filmography that literally spans the globe, and she is using her art to challenge stereotypes.