Young Arabs flock to Vancouver for higher learning

If you’ve strolled downtown in the past couple of years, you might have noticed that Vancouver’s streets have been increasingly populated with young Arabs: veiled women sometimes with strollers, young hipsters with afros or perhaps even young men in long flowing robes and headdresses.

Will the hero please stand up?

Every major disaster or a terrorist attack like the one at the Boston Marathon this past month brings about stories of heroism – people who selflessly run into the face of danger to save a fellow human being.