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Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
@sabaeitizaz
Journalist | Host, This Matters @TorontoStar Amnesty International Media Award CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Award BBC | CBC
Toronto, Ontario
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Born October 8
Joined February 2012
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Feb 11
    Grateful for the @amnesty Media Award for our Gaza coverage @TorontoStar. Thank you to @jpfozo, Sean Pattendon,Paulo + our editor @NicoleMacIntyre for making this journalism possible. No recognition can compare to the courage required to be Palestinian in this moment. For Gaza.
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    May 30, 2024
    Trying to recall which terror attacks in Canada racialized immigrants were involved in…the Quebec mosque shooting…Toronto van attack..the mowing down of 3 generations of the brown immigrant Afzaal family with a truck…no wait, that can’t be right…
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    Colin D'Mello | Global News
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    May 30, 2024
    Replying to @ColinDMello
    Premier Ford added: "Before you plan on moving to Canada, don't come to Canada if you're going to start terrorizing neighborhoods." "If you want to come to Canada, if you want to be a resident of Ontario, you get along with everyone." #onpoli
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Mar 7, 2023
    What a shameful moment for #cdnmedia as we all watch a digital assassination in slow motion. A journalist gets taken apart, piece by piece and not a word from the big names,the male colleagues,those we look up to & those who can afford to risk a lot more than us to show support.
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    Rachel Gilmore
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    Mar 7, 2023
    Are you kidding me?
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Dec 14, 2022
    How are we not covering this enough? This is what a battle for freedom looks like, this is what totalitarianism actually looks like. Keep bearing witness even if it's unbearable. #IranRevoIution
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    Yashar Ali 🐘
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    Dec 13, 2022
    Iranian footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentenced to execution by the Islamic Republic for 'campaigning for women's rights'. telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/…
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Aug 4, 2022
    Every few days with the anger,violence and threats to silence getting worse. This is not just me.There’s a clear,sustained and extremely organized ongoing hate campaign against Canadian journalists since last year.Most of whom are racialised, women and those who are vulnerable.
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Apr 10, 2022
    Diaspora, it’s irresponsible to unleash “hot takes” without research on the context and history of your home country. Don’t impose your half-narratives over the lived experience of others. Repeating populist rhetoric without understanding backstory is a privilege. Check it.
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Oct 1, 2021
    I would offer a trigger warning but I think Canada deserves to be a little uncomfortable right now. As @CFWIJ reported, Canada has rated highest for online abuse of women journalists in Sept. I got this for doing an episode on Annamie Paul yesterday.We’re on nicknames now. @caj
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Oct 18, 2023
    I struggled with posting this.Not right now,I thought,as we bear witness to one of the biggest acts of violence of our lifetime.Then I thought of younger,more vulnerable journalists across Canadian newsrooms.Betrayed,silenced, getting worse than this & alone.This is for them. -1
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Sep 1, 2022
    What started as three newsrooms; @TorontoStar @TheHillTimes @globalnews deciding enough is enough & standing behind their journalists @atRachelGilmore @wickdchiq & me among others has expanded into 46 major news orgs issuing an urgent call to action. womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/ca…
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Aug 30, 2022
    Last night @wickdchiq @atRachelGilmore and I did a podcast episode on hate against women and racialized journalists in this country. Then I waited because I knew violence was was coming. And it landed in my inbox this morning, along with some others. Here is how Canada can hate:
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Feb 16, 2023
    When your life’s work is to stalk women young enough to be your daughter obsessively & not let them have even one win. Also when you’re so ignorant/privileged that you have zero idea what anti-press freedom campaigns look like and your tweet proves exactly why we won the award.
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    May 30, 2022
    That video is only Sami Abraham & Imran R. Khan showing us who they are. It’s shameful to our industry to call them journalists.They wouldn’t be employed elsewhere in the world. Solidarity with the only journalist in the video; the only one I call a colleague @Matiullahjan919
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Oct 24, 2021
    A Canadian story: the Indian guy who works at my local shawarma place just gave me a free drink with a smile and a “10 wickets!You guys beat us!” #PAKvIND
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    Saba Eitizaz/ صبا اعتزاز
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    Mar 3, 2023
    Two weeks ago a journalist won an award & elevated her organization amidst relentless hate. I made a speech asking an entire industry to protect crucial voices, to do better. Two weeks later award-winning journalist gets laid off. Really setting the standard here #cdnmedia.
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    Rachel Gilmore
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    Mar 2, 2023
    Replying to @atRachelGilmore
    Two weeks ago, @CJFE honoured me, @sabaeitizaz and @wickdchiq with the Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award. It recognizes a journalist who made an important contribution to press freedom -- and who has taken personal risks or suffered physical reprisals for their work.
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