Montreal Serai

06/12/2026

This Saturday from 2-4 pm at Kawalees: come!

06/08/2026

Tonight at 7 pm!

05/12/2026

Can't miss it!

04/29/2026

Tamil and Arabic come together in Montréal tomorrow :)

Supported by McGill University - Institute of Islamic Studies, South Asian Studies Students’ Association, Rang Collective, and South Asian Women's Community Centre / Le CCFSA.

Come join us to celebrate community, solidarity, and resistance with poetry readings from the *trace: translating [x]* series of literature from the global South & diasporas.

TAMIL TERRAINS
Nedra Rodrigo and Geetha Sukumaran
+ Prof. Sowparnika Balaswaminathan
&
ARABIC, BETWEEN LOVE AND WAR
Eman Abukhadra and Nofel
+ Prof. Nayrouz Abu Hatoum

Thursday, April 30 | 7.00 pm
Teesri Duniya Theatre
251 Ave. Des Pins Ouest, Montreal

Your hosts for the evening are:
* Prof. Pasha Khan | McGill University
* Nuzhat Abbas | trace press
* Jody Freeman | Montreal Serai

This is a free event with refreshments

04/16/2026

Read three poems, "Metaphor Shear," "A Girl from Gaza," and "To Visitors," by Vishesh Abeyratne, in Montréal Serai magazine. Vishesh Abeyratne is a playwright and poet based in Ottawa, Ontario. https://montrealserai.com/article/scorched-birth/

04/14/2026

Reviewed by writer and translator Tabinda Burney, Veena Gokhale’s Annapurna’s Bounty: Indian Food Legends Retold is an adventurous culinary journey through the Indian subcontinent, skilfully weaving legends, folklore and feasts into a spell-binding narrative. Read Burney's review at https://montrealserai.com/article/delightful-food-for-thought-a-review-of-annapurnas-bounty/

04/12/2026

Poet and writer Louise Carson's "Gloria & other poems" brings her verse on nature, childhood, and family to Montréal Serai. Check it out at https://montrealserai.com/article/gloria-other-poems/ !

04/04/2026

Persian poems written and recited by Baloch Iranian poet Mohammad-Reza Aftab in Persian, translated and illustrated by Pranav Prakash. The two met at the University of Tehran. https://montrealserai.com/article/a-candle-burning-backwards-cheraghi-ru-be-%ca%bfaqab/

04/04/2026

03/10/2026

Rahul Varma offers us a scathing analysis of Modi's exuberant and egregious visit to Israel in late February. See Serai's Talkback page.

Modi’s visit to Israel, especially when most countries are avoiding it, portrays him as an egregious leader subservient to a state that most around the world recognize as committing crimes against humanity.