Mohamed Fahmy and Homa Hoodfar.
Concordia in the news
Posted on September 26, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- There is continuing coverage of last Thursday's talk by journalist Mohamed Fahmy, last Thursday, during Concordia Homecoming celebrations. Fahmy, who was imprisoned in Egypt as a journalist covering the aftermath of that country's political uprisings, touched on the imprisonment of Homa Hoodfar in Iran and continued to urge Ottawa to take action on her behalf: CDNpoli.net, Marco; Secularism is a Women's Issue reports that faculty members from the University of Toronto and York University have made a video titled Holding our breath for Homa and encourage all concerned citizens to post their own videos appealing for Hoodfar's freedom; publisher Jean-Paul Damaggio, blogging on Vie de la brochure, notes the sparse coverage in the French media of Hoodfar's arrest and detention. He reprises a news brief from Le Monde (July 29) and one from Le Figaro (June 9).