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Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity
Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity

Karim Mawji: 33-year-old entrepreneur who fled Uganda's repressive regime in 1972, is selling T-shirt promoting Canadian unity

Date10/4/1991
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0130674F
      Uganda's place is empty. Uganda's chair is empty as the Commonweath prime minister' conference proceeds in London, despite Ugandan dictator Idi Amin i(...)
      Uganda's place is empty. Uganda's chair is empty as the Commonweath prime minister' conference proceeds in London, despite Ugandan dictator Idi Amin i(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      6/8/1977
      Leader of the raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport a year ago, Israeli Brig
      Leader of the raid on Uganda's Entebbe airport a year ago, Israeli Brig
      Spremo, Boris
      7/4/1977
      1977: Star reporter Gerald Utting wins two National Newspaper Awards after been thrown in jail by Uganda's Idi Amin
      1977: Star reporter Gerald Utting wins two National Newspaper Awards after been thrown in jail by Uganda's Idi Amin
      Mahler, John
      7/19/1977
      Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
      Wanna buy a shirt?, Michael Purski, a 19-year-old Etobicoke student who started selling shirts out of his school locker and sold $250,000 in designer clothing last year, wants to doante $40,000 to his high school
      Cooper, David
      11/27/1985
      The patient people of Haiti, who endure poverty and a repressive political system and still retain their dignity, are gentle and would lend you their last gourde (20 cents)
      The patient people of Haiti, who endure poverty and a repressive political system and still retain their dignity, are gentle and would lend you their last gourde (20 cents)
      Spremo, Boris
      10/30/1982
      Jews protest: Toronto stores are being asked to stop selling this T-shirt depicting the Nazi dictator
      Jews protest: Toronto stores are being asked to stop selling this T-shirt depicting the Nazi dictator
      Bull, Ron
      10/16/1985
      Expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972, lawyer Zaka Haque, pictured with wife and children Nabeel, 18, and Nadia, 8, sought refuge in Canada and was reduced to eating meals of bread and butter in Toronto
      Expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972, lawyer Zaka Haque, pictured with wife and children Nabeel, 18, and Nadia, 8, sought refuge in Canada and was reduced to eating meals of bread and butter in Toronto
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/18/1986
      Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
      Tortured. By Peter Rickwood Toronto Star. A 33-year-old Canadian Sikh say he got on help from the Canadian High Commission when police in India detained and tortured him as he was about to fly home. Dalbar Sidhu, a Kitchener auto worker, told a Toronto news conference yesterday he was held at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for two days. He claims he was denied foor and seep, was threatened with revolver and had his fingernails pulled and hair tugged out of his beard and scalp. His wife Satwant, who was travelling with him, contacted the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi after his arrest said. [Incomplete]
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/29/1986
      Fashion purists: Babel designers, from left to right, Scott Cressman, Karim Rashid and Pauline Landriault romanticize the Canadian urban farmer look in their spare and daring line for spring
      Fashion purists: Babel designers, from left to right, Scott Cressman, Karim Rashid and Pauline Landriault romanticize the Canadian urban farmer look in their spare and daring line for spring
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/13/1987
      Christmas Kiss host Devah greets designer Karim Rashid of Babel and Natalie Gangbar, from left, who dropped in for a drink
      Christmas Kiss host Devah greets designer Karim Rashid of Babel and Natalie Gangbar, from left, who dropped in for a drink
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/29/1988
      Work is blessed: Dr. Andrew Simone, centre, leads volunteer members of Canadian Food For Children in prayer yesterday before they start packing the piled-up foodstuffs for shipment to a mission in Uganda. Earlier this week, the organization sent food and medicines to Canadian nurse Theresa Hicks, who runs a clinic in a squatters' camp in Liberia.
      Work is blessed: Dr. Andrew Simone, centre, leads volunteer members of Canadian Food For Children in prayer yesterday before they start packing the piled-up foodstuffs for shipment to a mission in Uganda. Earlier this week, the organization sent food and medicines to Canadian nurse Theresa Hicks, who runs a clinic in a squatters' camp in Liberia.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/8/1987
      Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
      Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
      McConnell, Colin
      8/25/1981