Nazim Baksh
Nazim Ahmed Baksh is a Canadian journalist and television producer.[1] He is noteworthy for producing the documentary Son of al Qaeda, about Canadian youth Abdurahman Khadr.[2]
Nazim Baksh | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | Award winning producer |
In 2006 the University of Toronto invited Baksh to serve an eight-month fellowship in its Journalism program.[3]
Baksh, Linden MacIntyre and Neil Docherty won an award from the Canadian Association of Journalists for a segment entitled The Mole that appeared on CBC News The National in 2007.[4] In 2011 Baksh and John Lancaster won a Canadian Association for Journalists award for "Death in a Community."[5]
Education
Career in Journalism
Baksh was hired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1990, following earning his Masters in Journalism, and has worked there, in one capacity or other, since.[6] His accomplishments there include:
Dispatches[6] - Baksh was a founding producer, and long-time contributor to this weekly radio show on international issues.
Son of al Qaeda[6] - Baksh was one of the producers of this profile of a Canadian youth who was captured in Afghanistan, served as a CIA informant, agreed to serve as a mole in Guantanamo.
A Secret History of 9/11[6] - Baksh helped produce this documentary for the fifth anniversary of al Qaeda's attacks on September 11, 2001.
Nuclear Jihad[6] Land, Gold and Women[6][7][8] - Baksh was a consulting producer for this documentary about the traditional social control of women in rural Pakistan.
The USA v. Omar Khadr - First broadcast as part of CBC's Doc Zone series on October 17, 2008.[9]
References
- Nazim Baksh (2003-12-04). "Abdurahman Khadr: mischief or terror?". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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Nazim Baksh, Terrence McKenna (2004-04-22). "Correspondent's Notebook: Son Of Al Qaeda". Frontline (PBS). Retrieved 2012-05-25.
Over Christmas, our Arabic-speaking Muslim producer Nazim Baksh made contact with Abdurahman -- and within a week he had confided the real story to Naz. He told us that he had been working for the CIA since mid-2002 -- including all the time he had been in Guantanamo -- that the story he presented at the press conference was a cover story dictated to him by the agency.
- "CONGRATULATIONS to winners of the Massey College University of Toronto's 2006-2007 Journalism Fellowships" (PDF). University of Toronto. 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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"CAJ award winners announced". Newswire.ca. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
The winners in the OPEN TELEVISION (LESS THAN 5 MINUTES) category are: Linden MacIntyre, Neil Docherty, Nazim Baksh -- The Mole -- CBC News - The National
- "CBC wins 6 CAJ awards". CBC News. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- "Sidi Nazim Baksh". IHYA. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- "Land, Gold and Women". CBC News. 2006-03-05. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- "Pakistan, land, gold, women". CBC News. 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- "The USA v. Omar Khadr". CBC News. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
10. The Fifth Estate documentary “Black on campus” (watch it here), which aired on CBC on February 25, 2021.