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How Desautels alumna Monia Mazigh took on the government and won
Published: 9 March 2017
Monia Mazigh became a household name when her husband, Maher Arar, was detained and held without charge in the US, then deported to Syria in 2002. As Arar suffered in a Syrian cell, Mazigh’s persistent campaign to get him released not only brought Arar home, it also resulted in a Commission of Inquiry, which cleared him of wrongdoing — and it changed Mazigh’s life. She went on to run for the federal NDP in the next election, and has been working in civil liberties and as an author ever since.
Monia Mazigh will be giving a reading and a talk about her experience and worldview at Vancouver Island University this March.
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