This week, please welcome to the podcast one of the co-founders and hosts of Edmonton's own 2nd Floor Podcast, Qashus! Sofia and Sikandar had a chance to sit down with Qashus (in person, socially distanced of course) and discuss hustling towards fulfilling a dream, getting into a mindset for success, and what it takes to be a self-starter.
Read MoreOn this week's episode, Sofia and Sikandar are joined by Omar Farah, a Somali-Canadian poet and community builder from Edmonton, Canada.
Read MoreOn this week's episode of The Halal Gap, join Ash and Sara as they cover the 2019 Mosquers Film Festival, live from the red carpet at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on September 21, 2019! Hear stories from some of the featured filmmakers, former Mosquers organizers, artists, and community members, and relive the hype behind the biggest Mosquers Film Festival event to date!
Read MoreThis week on The Halal Gap, The Mosquers presents Timiro Mohamed! She is an award winning Canadian-Somali spoken word poet, and will be one of the featured artists at the 2019 Mosquers Film Festival. Raised right here in Edmonton, she was a semi-finalist at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in 2016 and is also a full-time business student. Join us as we discuss the inspiration behind her poetry, finding an artistic voice and the state of poetry in the education system, as well as her collaborative chap-book 'Water'.
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