May Telmissany is an Egyptian Canadian novelist established in Canada since 1998. She is Associate professor of Cinema and Arabic Studies in the Department of Communication, University of Ottawa. In 2021, Telmissany was awarded the prestigious medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic in recognition of her literary and academic […]
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Nadine Neema, born in Montreal and of Egyptian and Lebanese descent, is a multi-disciplinary artist and workshop facilitator. As a recording artist she has released four albums, was mentored by Leonard Cohen and has opened for Elton John, Joe Cocker and Cyndi Lauper. Neema began working with the Tłı̨chǫ, first as a community manager of […]
Noor Naga is an Alexandrian writer who was born in Philadelphia, raised in Dubai, studied in Toronto and now lives in Cairo. Her verse-novel Washes, Prays is out with McClelland & Stewart. She is the winner of the 2017 Bronwen Wallace Award, the 2019 RBC/PEN Canada Award, the 2019 Disquiet Fiction Prize and the 2019 Graywolf Press Africa Prize. […]
