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SUMMARY:Writers Out Loud: Muslim Awareness Week
DESCRIPTION:Free\, in-person event. \n\n\n\nThe Quebec Writers’ Federation and Muslim Awareness Week (MAW—2023) invite you to a special panel featuring authors Toula Drimonis and Ehab Lotayef in conversation with Montreal Gazette columnist Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed. Featuring Guest of Honour Frank Baylis\, M.P. \n\n\n\n\nView on Facebook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFariha Naqvi-Mohamed is a television and print journalist and the founder and editor-in-chief of CanadianMomEh\, the number one diversity blog in Canada. Fariha made history as the first woman to wear the hijab on Quebec television in her role as a video journalist for CityNews Montreal.  \n\n\n\nToula Drimonis is a Montreal-based opinion columnist\, news producer and writer\, with a focus on politics\, social justice\, immigration\, and women’s issues. In 2022 she published her first book\, We\, the Others: Allophones\, Immigrants\, and Belonging in Canada. \n\n\n\nEhab Lotayef is a Canadian poet\, writer\, community activist\, and IT Manager of Egyptian origin. As a poet and writer\, Ehab published a bilingual poetry collection\, To Love a Palestinian Woman in 2010. His play\, Crossing Gibraltar\, was produced by the CBC in 2006. \n\n\n\nFrank Baylis is a professional engineer\, business entrepreneur\, film producer\, and former Parliamentarian. He is well known for his leadership in promoting equality and fair treatment for all Canadians. As a Member of Parliament\, Frank was a founding member of the Parliamentary Black Caucus\, which develops constructive community policies and works to address systemic\, anti-black racism.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/writers-out-loud-muslim-awareness-week/
LOCATION:Atwater Library Auditorium\, 1200 Atwater Avenue\, 2nd floor\, Westmount\, QC
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SUMMARY:A Literary Conversation with Baharan Baniahmadi
DESCRIPTION:With Baharan BaniahmadiHosted by Shelley PomeranceIn collaboration with QWF \n\n\n\nJoin author Baharan Baniahmadi for a discussion about her book Prophetess\, winner of the QWF’s 2022 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. Prophetess is an unflinching allegorical novel that explores trauma\, women’s rights\, and religious tradition in Iran.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-literary-conversation-with-baharan-baniahmadi/
LOCATION:Westmount Public Library\, 4626 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest\, Westmount\, Quebec\, H3Z 1G1\, Canada
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