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The Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL) is hosting a live Zoom event – a reading of Yara’s Spring with authors Jamal Saeed and Sharon E. McKay. Inspired by Jamal Saeed’s own experiences in Syria, this book shows the hardships of war and relocation through the eyes of Yara, whose life
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In my position as lead writer and editor in chief here at Kingstonist, I receive multiple press releases on a daily basis, sometimes on an hourly basis. I try to sort them into different files – upcoming events, things that must be covered immediately, things I want to throw to
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Editorial note: This article was first printed in the Kingston Heritage on October 13, 2017. “Home is a place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” – Robert Frost When Jamal Saeed and his wife, Rufaida al Khabbaz, were still living in their native
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Editorial note: This article was originally published in the Kingston Heritage in January 2017. As Jamal Saeed was ushered into an awaiting bus after landing at Pearson International Airport, he turned to his friend, Ray Argyle, whom he’d met just moments before. “Thank you for this gift,” Saeed said, referring
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