Spring 2009
After decades of international aid and global trade, many African farmers are still only one step ahead of starvation.
[Full Article]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]Synaesthesias was once dismissed as a hallucination. Now, scientists believe we may all be born with the ability.
[Full Article]Struck by the passivity around him, Montreal-based novelist D. Y. Béchard has some advice: writers need to get angry.
[Full Article] + Bechard InterviewLaid low by a lacklustre rock tour and personal tragedy, Dave Bidini experiences the healing power of C. S. Lewis.
[Full Article]To "bootstrap" is to use technology to boost our collective IQ. Shaun Pett profiles five bootstrappers who are changing the world.
[Full Article]Meet the Buddhist emergency workers who outrace ambulances and police in hyper-crowded Bangkok.
Being born in Canada does not entitle home-grown sons and daughters to generous, unconditional rights, says Rudyard Griffiths.
The Cloud of Altercation: How do you depict prolonged, intense brawling in a single cartoon panel?
Belly dancing is Egypt’s greatest cultural export. So why are there so few Egyptian-born belly dancers?
+ Singh InterviewThis is the Spring 2009 issue.