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 currently based between Cairo and Toronto. Her verse-novel Washes, Prays (2020) won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the Arab American Book Award. Her novel If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English (2022) won the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and the Arab […]
