Montreal Serai

09/19/2025

Sheida Mousavi reviews the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University's exhibition "The Arab Exhibitions in Mandate Jerusalem: Resurgent Nahda" for Montréal Serai magazine. Read it at montrealserai.com.

"We are done asking for ‘permission to narrate’ Palestine—we are now narrating Palestine on our terms."

~ Cofounder of Maison Palestine / دار فلسطين, Dyala Hamzah

(Photo © Maison Palestine)

09/15/2025

Read Maya Khankhoje’s review of ‘’The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,’’ where Indigenous activist and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer proposes an economic model based on generosity and reciprocity instead of greed and self-interest.
Link in our bio.

Capitalism, by definition and action, is a pyramid scheme. How can this pyramid be toppled?

09/13/2025

“Yahia Lababidi’s new book, ‘What Remains to be Said,’ masterfully sculpts words that peel through multiple layers of meaning. Deceptively brief and simple, these words spread out on each page, gently convincing the reader to stop and think, question, reflect, and perhaps understand.’’
Read Nilambri Ghai’s review via the link in our bio.

"All languages are rough translations of our native tongue: the Spirit."

09/11/2025

Hurlich reframes archeology from a decolonial perspective to recognize that archeology is about meeting ourselves, with our diverse ancestral heritage and ongoing Indigenous wisdom. In this intriguing piece, archeology is not only an act of discovery, testimony and decipherment, it is also an act of love.
https://montrealserai.com/article/archaeology-is-an-act-of-love/

09/05/2025

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09/04/2025

river in an ocean: essays on translation, a scintillating anthology lovingly tended by Nuzhat Abbas, needed a very special reviewer. Montréal Serai invited Shahroza Nahrin, a kindred translator who translates from Bangla to English, to immerse herself in "river in an ocean"—eleven powerful and rippling essays by fellow translators from around the globe—and share what she discovered.

When Khairani Barokka asks if we must make everything comprehensible to the English-speaking world, I shift uncomfortably in my chair.

09/03/2025

Come see Lukas Mouka's new exhibition: La Porte Pourpre !

🖼️ Exhibition: September 5 → September 28, 2025
🥂 Opening Reception: September 5
📍 BBAM! Gallery, 808 Av. Atwater, Montréal