Forced Nomads

He tells me that the government came to decontaminate his house simply by washing the walls and the roof.

Art of Roberto Godoy (aka El PoPy)

Born in Guatemala in Central America in 1950, Roberto Godoy has been living in Montréal since 1984. An architect and anthropologist by profession, he has explored painting and printmaking since he was in his teens. Roberto […]

Film Review

Dheepan

Maya Khankhoje

Dheepan is a Tamil-language film directed by French director Jacques Audiard, featuring Jesuthasan Anthonythasan as Dheepan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan as his wife Yalini, and Claudine Vinasithamby as their daughter Illayaal. However, things are not what they seem. Dheepan is in fact […]

Essay

Shanti Kumari Johnson

Following the rhythm of the seasons suggests an ebb and flow: a life in harmony.

Throat-singing (katajjaq) workshop opens hearts

Jody Freeman

Generous Inuit throat singer, Nina Segalowitz, offers Montrealers an unforgettable experience: the joy of playing – using only their breath, voice and heart – and turning a roomful of strangers into a strange living creature that sounds like a… saw! […]

Farida – a book review

Jody Freeman

Farida by Naïm Kattan, translated by Norman Cornett and Antonio D’Alfonso, Guernica Editions, 252 pp. Canadian novelist, essayist and critic, Naïm Kattan, has penned more than 50 works including 30 published books, and is one of the best-known francophone writers […]

Refugees Welcome, Refugees Go Back

Rajashri Dasgupta

For six days, Imraan and his fellow passengers talked about games and films, keeping themselves distracted from thoughts of their families and the war they had left behind.

Island in the Sun – Migrant Experiences in Cyprus

Maren Wickwire

The desires for freedom, safety and self-determination move people across the globe, away from familiar landscapes and across geographic borders. Lack of these basic necessities has led many to Cyprus. The second largest island in the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus […]

Commentary

Whose side are you on?

Guy Sprung

Spoiler alert: If you are a devoted believer that putting Canadian “boots on the ground” in Syria will actually solve anything, you might want to skip this contribution. Let’s see if we can dissect the situation: ISIS commits […]

Braver Than Anyone

Cora Siré

The eyes of the taxi driver regard me in the mirror. “Why are you going out in this storm?” I mention a poetry reading and his thick eyebrows rise. He turns off the radio, inhales deeply and begins to […]

Interview

Syria: the sexed-up Libya Plan that derailed NATO

Rana Bose

But the Empire is wracked with growing contradictions.

Editorial

Forced Nomads

Maya Khankhoje

Rampant globalization, senseless war, anthropogenic climate change, unbridled technological innovation and even (why not?) old-fashioned greed are the ingredients that lead to massive destabilization of human populations.