13 years ago today, Kenny Omega wrestled the 9 year old girl Haruka who was a member of STARDOM’s inaugural training class. One of the best things you will ever see in wrestling.

Netanyahu’s standing ovation in Congress.

“OEG Inc. [Oilers/ICE District owners], has pressured the City of Edmonton and its police force to clear unhoused tent encampments, a ‘Native Healing Ground’ and even a water station from near its properties.” Incredible investigation by Euan Thomson drugdatadecoded.ca/appreciate-the…

Alternative headline: “Behind the Oilers’ Boyle Street Curse: Here’s how much evil the team must atone for before winning a Stanley Cup”

It never ceases to excite me when my work is recommended by Longreads!

Very honoured to be Great Canadian Longform’s pick of the week!

I don’t know how this flew under my radar but this one of the slickest concept albums I’ve heard. Was never a huge Belly fan but goddamn this has to be one of the year’s best rap records. variety.com/2024/music/new…

Thinking of entering our 2024 non-fiction contest? Here's a tip from last year's judge, Omar Mouallem. Our 2024 contest will be judged by award-winning journalist, essayist and literary critic Michelle Cyca. Enter your work here: buff.ly/3rTqd5U

I don’t know how to do anything but write. In November of 2023, I started writing about what it means to live under an ordering of the world that abides slaughter, and whether any ordering that does ever stood for anything at all. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/o…

Don’t know if I’ve ever preordered a book so fast. Omar, I truly believe, is one of the most profound thinkers and speakers on morality today.

This article highlights the Drug Liberation Front in Vancouver and the significant debate over harm reduction and drug decriminalization versus traditional law enforcement approaches in addressing the opioid crisis. By Omar Mouallem in Maclean’s Magazine buff.ly/46rfrbs

A rare investigative reporter position in Edmonton up for grabs. theijf.applytojobs.ca/editorial/31797

Happy to say that Richard Warnica is teaching online again via Pandemic University Pop-up School of Writing. His PanU students have published their class work to The New Yorker, The Guardian and The Walrus, so, yeah, he's THAT good! x.com/PandemicSchool…

I been a fan of #yeg's @theMosquers film fest for years, but it continues to impress me as it grows into an int'l destination for Muslim artists. Next month, they're bringing Malik Elassal and screening Farah Nabulsi's acclaimed film The Teacher. themosquers.com

Wanna hear about what it’s like growing up in a family restaurant? Turn on CBC Alberta @ Noon right now. I’m on with Rachel Phan and host Anis Heydari.

cats have been bothering their humans since the dawn of time

Just did an interview with @TheBigStoryFPN about the Drug User Liberation Front’s (Drug User Liberation Front) safer supply project, where we discuss how grassroots harm reduction efforts can clash with—and eventually change—the law. Listen here: thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/08/27/whe… #harmreduction #saferSupply

While flying to Seattle this weekend, Westjet had Omar Mouallem's fantastic documentary The Lebanese Burger Mafia and y'all - fantastic Canadian story about the positive impact immigrants bring and a great burger sauce recipe to try. burgerbaronmovie.com

I will never stop laughing at this