{"id":56136,"date":"2023-10-18T18:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/10\/18\/canadian-artist-mustafa-pens-open-letter-to-justin-trudeau-urging-him-to-speak-for-palestine\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:03:59","slug":"canadian-artist-mustafa-pens-open-letter-to-justin-trudeau-urging-him-to-speak-for-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2023\/10\/18\/canadian-artist-mustafa-pens-open-letter-to-justin-trudeau-urging-him-to-speak-for-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Artist Mustafa Pens Open Letter to Justin Trudeau Urging Him to Speak for\u00a0Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tToronto musician Mustafa has posted an\u00a0open letter<\/a>\u00a0to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pleading with him to support the people of Palestine and \u201cdefy this active genocide and imprisonment that is levelling Gaza.\u201d This comes after Israel declared a state of war against Hamas on Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

\n\tMustafa, then going by Mustafa The Poet, met the prime minister at a Black liberation event and eventually served as the Ontario representative in Trudeau\u2019s youth council 10 years ago. Calling Trudeau his \u201cold acquaintance,\u201d Mustafa asks him to fight for the lives of Palestinian civilians, in particular the women and children, affected by Israel\u2019s offensive.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe artist highlights Canada\u2019s own past with colonial oppression. Mustafa asks Trudeau to join past leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu on \u201cthe right side of history in the liberation of Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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My (now) open letter to an old acquaintance; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau- on Palestine, genocide, & our indigenous population pic.twitter.com\/7Nqhemf7Up<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mustafa (@MustafaThePoet) October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n