
Life in the digital shadow of the Syrian war
Even when the Syrian conflict is on the other side of the planet, digital connections put refugees, activists and humanitarians at risk.
Writer and broadcaster
Naheed Mustafa is an award-winning writer and broadcaster based in Toronto. She has been reporting from and about Afghanistan since 2008 for a variety of print and broadcast outlets in Canada and abroad.
Even when the Syrian conflict is on the other side of the planet, digital connections put refugees, activists and humanitarians at risk.
Ghost schools. Unusable health facilities.
Corruption and violence. The state of Afghanistan should concern all Canadians,
but we moved on without a national reckoning over our impact there, argues
Naheed Mustafa.