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Aqsa Parvez

A collection of 4 posts

Aqsa Parvez: A Canadian tragedy lost in 'culture talk'

By Uzma Shakir Aqsa Parvez is a “Canadian” tragedy — not an immigrant tragedy, or a Pakistani tragedy, or indeed a Muslim tragedy. In her formative years, Aqsa was raised in Canada; oppressed by her pathologically patriarchal father in Canada; failed by the family, the friends of the family, the education

Father’s Day: A Time to reflect on the lessons of the Aqsa Parvez murder

By Farhad Khadim For Muslims in Canada, Fathers’ Day 2010 could not have come at a more appropriate time. On June 15, 2010, the father and brother of Aqsa Parvez pleaded guilty to her senseless murder, and were appropriately sentenced to life in prison. On June 20, Father’s Day

My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter - Aqsa Parvez's father

By Muneeb Nasir (June 16,2010) – “My community will say you have not been able to control your daughter. This is my insult. She is making me naked,” said Aqsa Parvez’s killer, her father. Chilling words from a father. The father, Muhammad Parvez, 60, and her brother, Waqas Parvez,

Film on honour killing wins top award

(May 8, 2010) – In The Name of the Family, a film by Shelley Saywell, has won the best Canadian feature award at the Hot Docs Film Festival [http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/title/in_the_name_of_the_family]. The film looks at the story of young women struggling with