Kamal Al-Solaylee
“Homelands: Exile and Return” with Kamal Al-Solaylee and Amyn Sajoo
Peak Web February 9, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Kamal Al-Solaylee shared his story, knowledge, and writing at the Homelands: Exile and Return event. Al-Solaylee is a director and professor in the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at UBC. The event was led as a Q&A, moderated by SFU international studies lecturer Amyn Sajoo. Al-Solaylee shared with Sajoo what finding his “home” meant after he chose to leave his “homelands.” With roots in Yemen, and later migrating to Egypt, Al-Solaylee found his sexual orientation was unwelcomed. During the event, Al-Solaylee explained his decision to leave Egypt. “It was a choice to alienate myself…
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SFU public square lecture takes on the idea of a “Brown New World”
Peak Web July 6, 2018By: Kitty Cheung, SFU Student As a means of exploring the brown perspective, Kamal Al-Solaylee presented the 2018 Milton K. Wong Multiculturalism Lecture titled “It’s a Brown New World. Now What?” on Wednesday, July 27 at the BMO Theatre…
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