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    Arab Canadians

    Arabs, or more specifically, Syrian-Lebanese immigrants, began to arrive in Canada in small numbers in 1882. Their immigration was relatively limited until 1945, after which time it increased progressively, particularly in the 1960s and thereafter.

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    Jalal Barzanji

    Jalal Barzanji, Kurdish poet, writer, cultural worker and journalist (born 1 July 1953 in Iraqi Kurdistan). Barzanji is the author of seven poetry books, an anthology and a memoir. He has championed Kurdish rights in Iraq and written many columns on democracy, freedom of expression and peace in Kurdistan. During Saddam Hussein’s regime, he was imprisoned for two years in 1986–88 for his political beliefs. He has numerous awards and achievements, including being the recipient of Edmonton’s first Writer-in-Exile Award. He is a cultural adviser who helps newcomers integrate into Canadian culture by guiding them on language, social norms and community resources. (See Immigration to Canada.)

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    Joseph A. Ghiz

    Ghiz was elected president of the PEI Liberals in 1977 and became their leader in 1981. His inexperience was a factor in the Liberals' unsuccessful bid for power in the 1982 election.

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    Malak Karsh

    Armenian-Canadian photographer Malak Karsh was best known for his photographs of Canada, and of the Ottawa region in particular. His 1963 photograph of a tugboat bringing logs up the Ottawa River, with the Library of Parliament in the background, was featured on the reverse of the $1 banknote first issued in 1974. Karsh amassed perhaps the most comprehensive visual record of Canada in existence. He also founded the Ottawa Tulip Festival and was the younger brother of famed photographer Yousuf Karsh.

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    Raffi

    Raffi Cavoukian, CC, OBC, singer-songwriter, guitarist (born 8 July 1948 in Cairo, Egypt). Raffi has released almost 30 albums and published over a dozen books over the course of his career, selling more than a million albums in Canada and nearly twenty million albums worldwide. “Baby Beluga,” “Apples and Bananas,” and “Shake My Sillies Out” are among Raffi's most popular children's songs. Raffi was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1983 and was promoted to Companion in 2025. He was inducted into the Order of British Columbia in 2001.

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