ISSUE 31

Spring 2009

• African Gothic

  by CHRISTOPHER FREY

  After decades of international aid and global trade, many African farmers are still only one step ahead of starvation.

  [Full Article]

• Revolution of the Two Ahmads

  by ABOU FARMAN

  As Iranians protest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, Abou Farman looks back on his childhood in Tehran and gives a firsthand account of young idealists caught in a revolution

  [Full Article]

• The Sound of Broccoli

  by KATE NACY

  Synaesthesias was once dismissed as a hallucination. Now, scientists believe we may all be born with the ability.

  [Full Article]

• Writing from Quebec: Learning to Rage

  by D. Y. BÉCHARD

  Struck by the passivity around him, Montreal-based novelist D. Y. Béchard has some advice: writers need to get angry.

  [Full Article] + Bechard Interview

• Travels in Narnia

  by DAVE BIDINI

  Laid low by a lacklustre rock tour and personal tragedy, Dave Bidini experiences the healing power of C. S. Lewis.

  [Full Article]

• Web 2.0 to the Rescue

  by SHAUN PETT

  To "bootstrap" is to use technology to boost our collective IQ. Shaun Pett profiles five bootstrappers who are changing the world.

  [Full Article]

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

• The Body Snatchers

  by BRENT LEWIN

  Meet the Buddhist emergency workers who outrace ambulances and police in hyper-crowded Bangkok.

• Citizenship and the Canadian-Born

  by RUDYARD GRIFFITHS

  Being born in Canada does not entitle home-grown sons and daughters to generous, unconditional rights, says Rudyard Griffiths.

• Comic Book Clichés

  by CHRISTOPHER MILLER

  The Cloud of Altercation: How do you depict prolonged, intense brawling in a single cartoon panel?

• Belly Dancing Blues

  by SAM SINGH

  Belly dancing is Egypt’s greatest cultural export. So why are there so few Egyptian-born belly dancers?

  + Singh Interview