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She/Her/ள். Illankai Tamil Researcher/Writer/Artist/Organizer.
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HELP OTHERS
Aid for 2025 Sri Lanka Floods
Aid for 2025 Sri Lanka Floods
Sri Lanka floods - November 2025 Current update: This document is not being updated daily for urgent and evolving needs at the moment. If you or anyone you know is still interested in contributing, please email me: amalinidesayrah@gmail.com In your email, please do specify how you want to cont...
Fundraiser by Megan Bayra : SAVE HIND RAJABS MOM WESAM
Fundraiser by Megan Bayra : SAVE HIND RAJABS MOM WESAM
Hello world! My name is Megan. I am starting this gofundme campaign for a fellow mother, … Megan Bayra needs your support for SAVE HIND RAJABS MOM WESAM
Support Manar from Gaza
Support Manar from Gaza
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Emergency Fund for Sudanese Family
Emergency Fund for Sudanese Family
Dear Friends and Supporters, I'm reaching out to you on behalf of a family who has … Seme Obied needs your support for Emergency Fund for Sudanese Family
Donate to FAH Supporting Sudan: A Lifeline in Crisis, organized by Ioanna Grylli
Donate to FAH Supporting Sudan: A Lifeline in Crisis, organized by Ioanna Grylli
- Financial Assistance to Sudanese Hospitals: In response to the dire … Ioanna Grylli needs your support for FAH Supporting Sudan: A Lifeline in Crisis
Donate to Help my family leave Gaza and arrive Canada, organized by Tareq Murad
Donate to Help my family leave Gaza and arrive Canada, organized by Tareq Murad
Donate to Help Afnan to find safety and to complete her education, organized by Afnan Hasaballah
Donate to Help Afnan to find safety and to complete her education, organized by Afnan Hasaballah
Gaza Funds
Gaza Funds
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Home - Arms Embargo Now - Send a letter to your MP!
Home - Arms Embargo Now - Send a letter to your MP!
We’re coming together to demand the Canadian government impose a full, immediate arms embargo on Israel.
Donate to Help Shahd escape war in Sudan, organized by Real Change
Donate to Help Shahd escape war in Sudan, organized by Real Change
Dear Community, I am making this important GoFundMe for my good friend Shahd, a 26 year old… Real Change needs your support for Help Shahd Escape War in Sudan
RESOURCES
List of BIPOC-, woman-, and/or 2SLGBTQ+-owned businesses in so-called Canada
List of BIPOC-, woman-, and/or 2SLGBTQ+-owned businesses in so-called Canada
PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECTS
"New Places, New Palates: Tamil Cooks in Toronto's Kitchens" - Heritage Toronto Digital Map
"New Places, New Palates: Tamil Cooks in Toronto's Kitchens" - Heritage Toronto Digital Map
Reacquired Taste
Reacquired Taste
NON-FICTION
"Writing Tamilness: Perspectives from Tamil Futures and Tamil Guardian" in NO NIIN Magazine Issue 16
"Writing Tamilness: Perspectives from Tamil Futures and Tamil Guardian" in NO NIIN Magazine Issue 16
"A Letter to an Ancestor Whose Existence I Cannot Confirm" in Living Hyphen Issue 2.2: Healing Across Generations
"A Letter to an Ancestor Whose Existence I Cannot Confirm" in Living Hyphen Issue 2.2: Healing Across Generations
To be displaced – whether voluntarily or forced, violently or subtly, from abroad or right here on this land – that is, to be removed or to remove oneself from one’s home invariably comes with loss. The trauma of that loss seeps across time. The violence of that pain bleeds across generations. This
"A Letter to an Ancestor Whose Existence I Cannot Confirm" in Living Hyphen Podcast, episode "Love From Afar"
"A Letter to an Ancestor Whose Existence I Cannot Confirm" in Living Hyphen Podcast, episode "Love From Afar"
POETRY
"I Know How to the Grieve with the Dirt" in POV Publications
"I Know How to the Grieve with the Dirt" in POV Publications
"Migration" in POV Publications
"Migration" in POV Publications
"I'm Tired of Writing Diaspora Poems" in Porter House Review
"I'm Tired of Writing Diaspora Poems" in Porter House Review
"Until I am a Phenomenon You Cannot Ignore" in Kiwi Collective Mag, Issue 2
"Until I am a Phenomenon You Cannot Ignore" in Kiwi Collective Mag, Issue 2
Power is Kiwi Collective’s second quarterly magazine, containing 60 pages of artwork, writing, and interactive prompts by artists of colour from all over so-called Canada. This issue examines the power of the individual and the community while interrogating the colonial systems that oppress us. Power was curated by Shaki Sutharsan, edited by Iqra Abid, Shaki Sutharsan and Ivy Sarker, and designed by Isha Multani and Bella Wei. This product is a 31 page PDF. Copyright (c) 2021 Kiwi Collective MagazineThis zine cannot be printed or reproduced without the consent of Kiwi Collective Magazine. Excerpts and quotes may only be used with the permission of Kiwi Collective Magazine for non-commercial purposes.
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
They don’t owe you their story: conceptualizing racialized queer care through protective spaces
They don’t owe you their story: conceptualizing racialized queer care through protective spaces
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