Abla FarhoudTag

October 31, 2025

Read an Excerpt from HAPPINESS HAS A SLIPPERY TAIL by Abla Farhoud (translated by Judith Weisz Woodsworth)

In Happiness Has a Slippery Tail, celebrated Lebanese-Canadian writer Abla Farhoud offers a moving portrait of migration, memory, and resilience through the unforgettable voice of Dounia, a seventy-five-year-old ...

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Toronto Launch of Women United by Peggy Nash and Julie White

November 13, 2025 @ 4:00pm - 6:00pm

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Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) Thirteenth Anniversary

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