Natasha Fatah

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Natasha Fatah
Born
Natasha Fatah

Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater University of Toronto
Occupation(s) Journalist, news presenter
Employer CBC News Network
SpouseChris Kayaniotes

Natasha Fatah is a Canadian journalist, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is a host for CBC News Network.

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Early life and education

Fatah was born in Karachi, Pakistan and spent most of her childhood in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and Jeddah; she has also lived in Amsterdam, Montreal and Mexico City. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Fatah earned a degree in political science at the University of Toronto, [5] and then earned another degree in journalism at Toronto's Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). [5]

Career

From 1999 to 2000, Fatah was co-chair of the Ontario New Democratic Youth. [6] In the wake of the 1999 Ontario provincial election, Fatah called for Howard Hampton to resign his leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party. [7]

She was a producer at CBC Radio One's national current affairs radio show As It Happens , Toronto beat reporter for its Ontario regional weekend morning show Fresh Air, and author of the column "Minority Report" in CBC.ca's Viewpoint section from 2004 to 2013. [5] She has been a television and radio reporter for CBC Windsor, [5] filing for CBE radio and CBET-TV.[ citation needed ]

In the summer of 2010, Fatah hosted the CBC Radio One summer program Promised Land , a series which presented stories about refugees to Canada. [8] [9]

Personal life

Her father was internationally recognized author and secular Muslim activist Tarek Fatah, who was a Sunni Punjabi. Her mother, Nargis Tapal, hails from one of the prominent Shia Bohra families of Gujarati origin. [10] [11]

In 2011, she married Chris Kayaniotes. On 14 April 2019, Fatah interviewed actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi about the fate of human rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, recently sentenced for up to 38 years in Tehran, Iran. [12]

As of April 2019, she is the anchor chair of CBC's News Network, appearing on Sundays and Fridays. [13]

Fatah has appeared as the host of CBC News Network Weekend and the current affairs program, In-Depth with Natasha Fatah.

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  2. ↑ "Some Christmas traditions aren't worth keeping - CBC News".
  3. ↑ "Pakistani-born journalist Natasha Fatah finds her home in Canada".
  4. ↑ "A black princess for little girls of every age - CBC News".
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Analysis & Viewpoint: Natasha Fatah- Minority Report". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
  6. ↑ "Power struggle brewing in Ontario NDP: Some members critical of Hargrove, others unhappy with Hampton," Standard, St. Catharines, Ontario: September 27, 1999, pg. A.7.
  7. ↑ Mark Stevenson, "Ontario NDP says Buzz can stay," Calgary Herald , September 26, 1999, pg. A.5.
  8. ↑ "CBC announces summer line-up," Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Inside the CBC. May 26, 2010; Fatah, Natasha. "What police state? It's all a matter of perspective," Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine Calgary Herald. July 10, 2010.
  9. ↑ Torontoist (2010-07-30). "Natasha Fatah on Keeping CBC's Promised Land | news | Torontoist" . Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  10. ↑ "The story is behind the photo - CBC News".
  11. ↑ "Do foes of gay marriages simply fear joy itself?". Toronto Star. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Natasha Fateh: We speak with actor & activist @NazaninBoniadi about female activists detained in Iran, the lack of support for ordinary people, and how the world has turned away". Twitter (video).
  13. ↑ "CBC News Network with Natasha Fatah". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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