Natasha Fatah (born,1 January 1980), is a Canadian

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, based in

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. She is a host for CBC News Network.

Early life and education

Fatah was born in Karachi, Pakistan and spent most of her childhood in

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and

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; she has also lived in

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and

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. Fatah earned a degree in

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at the

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, and then earned another degree in journalism at Toronto's Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).

Career

From 1999 to 2000, Fatah was co-chair of the Ontario New Democratic Youth. In the wake of the 1999 Ontario provincial election, Fatah called for Howard Hampton to resign his leadership of the Ontario New Democratic Party. She was a producer at

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'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. She has been a television and radio reporter for CBC Windsor, filing for CBE radio and CBET-TV. Fatah has produced documentaries and news reports from Pakistan, India and Indonesia. In the summer of 2010, Fatah hosted the CBC Radio One summer program ''

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'', a series which presented stories about refugees to Canada.

Personal life

Her father was internationally recognized author and secular Muslim activist Tarek Fatah, who was a

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Punjabi. Her mother, Nargis Tapal, hails from one of the prominent Shia Bohra families of Gujarati origin. In 2011, she married Chris Kayaniotes. On 14 April 2019, Fatah interviewed actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi about the fate of

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, Nasrin Sotoudeh, recently sentenced for up to 38 years in Tehran, Iran. , she is the anchor chair of CBC's News Network, appearing on Sundays and Fridays. Fatah has appeared as the host of ''CBC News Network Weekend'' and the current affairs program, ''In-Depth with Natasha Fatah''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fatah, Natasha Living people Canadian columnists Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian radio reporters and correspondents Toronto Metropolitan University alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian writers of Asian descent CBC Radio hosts Muhajir people Pakistani people of Gujarati descent Canadian people of Punjabi descent Pakistani emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Journalists from Karachi Journalists from Toronto Canadian women television journalists Canadian women radio journalists Canadian women columnists Canadian people of Gujarati descent 1980 births Canadian women radio hosts