by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 20, 2020 | Recent Publications
On Friday December 18, 2020 my op-ed called I’m Muslim And Didn’t Celebrate Christmas But My Canadian Kids Had Other Ideas was published on CBC BC. This is a 650-word column based on a 3500-word literary essay I wrote for my Master of Fine Arts class....
by Taslim Jaffer | May 27, 2019 | Recent Publications, Travel
My letter to my dad was published in Maclean’s online and appears in the June print issue. I was born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1978. That’s where my story began. But until March of this year, I couldn’t really say that I had been there. My parents,...
by Taslim Jaffer | Oct 15, 2018 | Recent Publications
Last Spring, Canada was shaken to its core over a tragic accident that left an entire junior hockey team and staff dead or injured. News of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy reached me via Twitter the next morning; my entire feed was one horrified tweet after another. In...
by Taslim Jaffer | Aug 17, 2018 | Recent Publications
This is one of my most favourite pieces I have written to date. Combining my personal history as an immigrant to Canada with current events in the United States was both satisfying and unnerving. I wrote this piece while sitting at a local coffeeshop and I can tell...
by Taslim Jaffer | Aug 16, 2018 | Recent Publications
Whenever I write something about my life as a woman of colour, I take a deep breath before hitting send. I know that once the article is published, I am open to all kinds of criticism and comments from THE ENTIRE WORLD. It’s a little daunting. But I do it...
by Taslim Jaffer | Aug 2, 2018 | Recent Publications
Even though I haven’t visited the country (yet!) there are so many things I love about Italian language and culture. Those of you who know me well, know that I have a bit of an obsession with the Romance languages; my goal is to be conversational in French,...