Vol. 5, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsGhost BoysBy Mehjabeen DatooBy Shenaaz Nanji 186 pp. Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.Share ArticleWhat choices do fifteen year-olds face in this world? What is at stake for them if they choose to speak out against what they know is wrong? The answer is, of course, completely different if you are a poor fifteen year-old …

ACT NOW on ReconciliationBy Mandeep WirkCathy Busby: WE CALL. Installation view Teck Gallery, 2017. Photo: Blaine Camp. WE CALL Artist: Cathy Busby Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver May 20, 2017-April 28, 2018 Curated by Amy KazymerchykShare ArticleCathy Busby’s, WE CALL creates awareness, understanding, and dialogue around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) recommendations for reconciliation between Aboriginal …

Vol. 5, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsUntouchable KashmirBy Rahat KurdImage: Sumayya Syed © The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Arundhati Roy Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Canada, 2017Share ArticleIt was late afternoon when the bus emerged from the long tunnel that bored through the mountains, the only link between India and Kashmir. Autumn in the Valley was the season of immodest abundance. …

Vol. 5, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsAunty AdviceBy Abeer YusufTrust No Aunty MARIA QAMAR Touchstone, 2017Share ArticleAt the glorious, gawky age of ten, I came upon a red-cloth covered book at the bookstore titled, The Girls’ Book: How to Be the Best at Everything. I excitedly picked it up to read through and see how I, too, could be …

Vol. 5, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsArundhati Roy and Her Mission to InspireBook Launch Event, June 22, 2017, TorontoBy Ali KazimiPhoto: Ali Kazimi ©Share ArticleAnjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host Arundhati Roy on stage when she read from her new book, The …