Tarek Fatah

Tarek Fatah
Tarek Fatah
Fatah in 2009
Native name
طارق فتح
Born(1949-11-20)20 November 1949
Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Dominion of Pakistan
Died24 April 2023(2023-04-24) (aged 73)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
  • Political activist
  • writer
  • broadcaster
NationalityCanada Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Karachi
Period1996–2023
GenreNon-fiction
Subject
  • Religion
  • politics
Notable awards
SpouseNargis Fatah (1949 - 2023)
Children2, including Natasha
Website
Official website

Tarek Fatah (Punjabi/Urdu: طارق فتح; [t̪aɾɪk fətah] / [fəteh] 20 November 1949 – 24 April 2023) was a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.[1][2][better source needed] He was a Punjabi born into Islam and was a vocal critic of the Pakistani religious and political establishment, and the partition of India.[3][4]

  1. ^ An Indian born in Pakistan: Meet and chat with Tarek Fatah at Firstpost Salon this Thursday, Firstpost, 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "FACTSHEET: Tarek Fatah". Bridge Initiative. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ Fatah, Tarek (21 August 2012). "Pakistan: The demon the West created". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ Sharma, Viney (21 December 2016). "I am an Indian born in Pakistan, a Punjabi born in Islam: Tarek Fatah". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 18 August 2023.