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Freelance journalist and political commentator with a B.A. in Asian and African Studies.
What makes expressions of Canadian patriotism problematic is that they blur the thin line between “harmless” patriotism and nationalism.
Timo Al-Farooq explores Germany’s unshakable support for "Israel" amid its war on Gaza, revealing how this stance echoes past militarism and a failure to reckon with history. The word Beratungsresistenz, resistance to advice, captures Berlin’s dangerous obstinacy.
Timo Al-Farooq comments on how German universities, under Zionist and state pressure, are silencing Palestinian voices and dismantling academic freedom under the guise of security and anti-Semitism.
How alarming the situation is can be gauged by the fact that no US government has invited so many comparisons with the policies and behaviours of Nazi Germany in its formative years as Trump 2.0.
Timo al-Farooq warns that Trump’s second term is mirroring Nazi Germany’s Gleichschaltung, as US institutions fall in line under an authoritarian, pro-Zionist regime targeting migrants, dissenters, and Palestine advocates.
Timo Al-Farooq exposes how Germany and the US are weaponizing immigration and international law to suppress Palestine solidarity, revealing the West's deepening hypocrisy and erosion of legal norms.
The bitter irony of violence against women being perpetrated by an agency tasked with upholding public safety and headed by a woman on a global day dedicated to celebrating women’s rights should not be lost.
2025 is the AU’s official Year of Reparations, and Africans are pushing forward unperturbed by Western inaction and far-right populism’s growing influence on political discourse...
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, pushes an extreme pro-"Israel" stance, defying international law to host Netanyahu despite ICC charges against him.
Timo Al-Farooq examines how weaponized antisemitism is used to silence Palestine advocacy, highlighting the smear campaign against Birju Dattani and his legal fight for justice.
