Djamila Ibrahim
Djamila Ibrahim is a Canadian writer.[1] She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[2] Her family immigrated to Canada in 1990. Ibrahim has worked as an advisor to Immigration Canada.[3]
Ibrahim described how her instructor Zoe Whittall, at at creative writing she took from the University of Toronto's Continuing Education department forwarded her stories to her own editor at the House of Anansi, Janice Zawerbny.[4]
Her collection Things Are Good Now was published in 2018.[1] The nine stories explore the migrant experience. The Globe and Mail called the collection "...essential fiction for right now," because many of the stories are about refugees, and Immigration Canada projects admitting a greater number of refugees.[5]
According to the Toronto Star "Ibrahim writes with intensity and empathy, drawing believably complex characters who are understandably torn between bleak alternatives."[1]
Things Are Good Now was shortlisted for the 2019 Danuta Gleed Literary Award.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marcia Kaye (2018-02-09). "Djamila Ibrahim’s Things Are Good Now explores the hidden struggles for migrants". Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/reviews/2018/02/09/djamila-ibrahims-things-are-good-now-explores-the-hidden-struggles-for-migrants.html. Retrieved 2020-07-25. "Those of us who have never fled a war-torn homeland may assume that for those who have, moving to a peaceable country like Canada marks the end of their troubles."
- ↑ "Djamila Ibrahim Explores the Struggles of Canadians from the Horn of Africa at Upcoming Ottawa Writers Festival Event". Muslim Link. 2018-11-13. https://muslimlink.ca/news/djamila-ibrahim-explores-the-struggles-of-canadians-from-the-horn-of-africa-at-upcoming-ottawa-writers-festival-event. Retrieved 2020-07-25. "Her stories have been shortlisted for the University of Toronto’s Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction and Briarpatch Magazine’s creative writing contest. She was formerly a senior advisor for Citizenship and Immigration Canada. She lives in Toronto."
- ↑ Rudrapriya Rathore (January 2018). "Never home: Djamila Ibrahim's debut". Review Canada of Canada. https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2018/01/never-home-djamila-ibrahims-debut/. Retrieved 2020-07-25. "Her author bio, otherwise sparse on detail, mentions that she worked as an advisor for Immigration and Citizenship Canada."
- ↑ Trevor Corkum (2018-03-05). "The Chat with Djamila Ibrahim". The 49th Shelf. https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2018/03/06/The-Chat-with-Djamila-Ibrahim. Retrieved 2020-07-25. "My journey to publication was an unusual one. It started with a creative writing class I took at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies. The instructor, Zoe Whittall, sent the stories I workshopped with her to Janice Zawerbny, who was her editor at the time at House of Anansi Press."
- ↑ Jade Colbert (2018-05-02). "Review: Djamila Ibrahim’s story collection Things Are Good Now explores themes of home and belonging". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-review-djamila-ibrahims-story-collection-things-are-good-now/. Retrieved 2020-07-25. "“I realized then that home and belonging would never be clear-cut for me,” one character says. (Ibrahim, who was born in Addis Ababa and moved to Canada in 1990, is a former adviser for Citizenship and Immigration Canada). Things Are Good Now makes clear that asylum isn’t the same as resolution. As Canada expects only increased numbers of asylum seekers in 2018, this is essential fiction for right now."
- ↑ Ryan Porter (2019-05-09). "Debut short-fiction celebrated on Danuta Gleed shortlist". Quill & Quire. https://quillandquire.com/omni/debut-short-fiction-celebrated-on-danuta-gleed-shortlist/. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
