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My name is Ahmed Latif, I am a Canadian writer and artist from Calgary, Alberta. I provide social media & communications strategy & management. I was a member of the writers' room at The Kallipolitan Magazine. I have a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary and an MBA from Cambridge College in Boston, Massachusetts.
I used to work as a political campaigner and a community activist, focusing on programs for youth from under-served communities and frontline community-building. I currently write articles, the occasional short story, and I'm working on screenplays, world/character design for video games. I find passion in what I do & what I write. I hope you enjoy reading it anywhere near as much I enjoyed writing it! |
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My writing journey started when I had my first two plays mounted in 2012. After that, I ventured into poetry and performing spoken word in Calgary. I founded an art forum for young minority spoken word artists so they can have a safe space to hone their craft and find their voice. It is then that I veered off again into writing short stories and novels. I kept on learning and changing so I can write in any voice (like a written impressionist) and be adaptive to other new mediums. I write beyond genres because I tend to follow the story wherever it goes but I always end up seeing both the humorous and socio-political in the stories I tell.
In addition to writing and doing public readings, I also run writing workshops. The focus of my previous workshops have been storytelling, character development, world/lore building, and writing dialogue; as well as general workshops for new writers and hobbyists. For more information, you can contact me. Thank you for reading!!!
In addition to writing and doing public readings, I also run writing workshops. The focus of my previous workshops have been storytelling, character development, world/lore building, and writing dialogue; as well as general workshops for new writers and hobbyists. For more information, you can contact me. Thank you for reading!!!
To get to know me better, you need to know what I am reading. So here are my top ten favourite books of all-time and my current reading list. Happy Reading!
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Top Ten List:
1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1877) 2. The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate (1980) 3. Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (1991) 4. The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925) 5. Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864) 6. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (1948) 7. The Moscow Art Theatre Letters by Jean Benedetti (1991) 8. The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson (1998) 9. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris (2008) 10. Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (1952) |
October 2022 Reading List:
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance by Gord Hill (2002) Jules & Jim by Henri-Pierre Roché (1953) How to Build a Car by Adrian Newey (2017) |
