Natasha Fatah

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

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.[5]

Her father, broadcaster and author Tarek Fatah, is from a Punjabi family. Her mother, Nargis Tapal, hails from a Shia Bohra family of Gujarati origin.[6][7]

Career

Fatah wrote a viewpoint column for CBC.ca called "Minority Report" from 2004 - 2013.

Fatah was a television and radio reporter for CBC Windsor,[5] filing for CBE radio and CBET-TV. In 1996, she was host of News from the Muslim World on Vision TV.

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

She was a producer at CBC Radio One's national current affairs radio show As It Happens,[5] Toronto beat reporter for their Ontario regional weekend morning show Fresh Air, and author of the column "Minority Report" in cbc.ca's Viewpoint section.

Fatah has produced documentaries in Canada, Pakistan, India and Indonesia.

From 1999 to 2000, Fatah was co-chair of the Ontario New Democratic Youth.[10] In the wake of the 1999 Ontario provincial election, Fatah called for Howard Hampton to resign his leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "'We used to be like brothers' - CBC News".
  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 CBC.ca, "Analysis & Viewpoint: Natasha Fatah- Minority Report," URL accessed 24 February 2007.
  6. ↑ "The story is behind the photo - CBC News".
  7. ↑ "Do foes of gay marriages simply fear joy itself?". Toronto Star. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "CBC announces summer line-up," Inside the CBC. May 26, 2010; Fatah, Natasha. "What police state? It's all a matter of perspective," 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. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ Mark Stevenson, "Ontario NDP says Buzz can stay," Calgary Herald, September 26, 1999, pg. A.5.
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