​When We Are Bold

Nahlah Ayed is an award-winning foreign correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) based in London. She has reported extensively on Europe and the Middle East, covering several major conflicts and the Arab Spring protests. Born and raised in Canada, she is of Palestinian descent, and spent time as a child in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan. She is the author of A Thousand Farewells: A Reporters’ Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring.

Read Latifa Ibn Ziaten: A Mother’s Forgiveness 
by Nahlah Ayed in When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right

​Latifa Ibn Ziaten is a Moroccan-born French activist who lost her son to an extremist terror attack in 2012. After her son’s death, Latifa dedicated her life to combatting radicalization through tolerance and interfaith understanding. She travels throughout France giving talks on the subject, and is the founder of the Imad Association for Youth and Peace, which aims to help youth in troubled communities. In 2016, she won an International Women of Courage Award.