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Omar Mouallem's writing has been published around the globe, from New York to England, whether it be a music review, movie critique, personal profile, culture story or business feature. He is the author of Amazing Cats, a book about, you guessed it, amazing cats. In 2008, he won second-prize in the features category at the Sex-Positive Journalism Awards in New York City for an article about temporary marriages in Shia Islam. He's currently the associate editor of Avenue magazine in Edmonton, Alta. and is completing a children's book and album, Q Without U, with illustrator Josh Holinatay.

Award Winning Let's Talk About Sects (Vue Weekly)
History/Humour Lost in Transportation (Avenue)
Politics Going back to the ‘Paris of the Middle East’ (Vue Weekly)
Science Making a living of bullshit detecting (Vue Weekly)
Issues Wish You Were Here (Avenue)
Travel Art Gallery of Alberta (up!)

Music Chuck D: Fear of a Hack Planet (Vue Weekly)

Writing resume:

Associate Editor

Avenue magazine (Edmonton)
2008 to Present
Editor: Colin McGarrigle
www.AvenueEdmonton.com

Other Contributions

up! Magazine (Calgary)
Contributor / 2010
Editor: Tom Gierasimczuk
www.upmagazine.com

Vue Weekly (Edmonton)
Contributor / 2006 to present
Editor: Ron Garth
www.VueWeekly.com

Exclaim! (Toronto)
Music critic / 2007
Hip-hop Editor: Del Cowie
www.Exclaim.ca

Canadian Arab News (Edmonton)
Arts columnist / 2006
Editor: Faisal Asaf

24 Hours (Edmonton)
Freelance reporter / 2008 and 2009
Editor: Eliza Barlow
www.EdmontonSun.com

Edmonton Community Foundation
Contract Writer (as Theodore White) / 2010
Editor: Susan Pederson

The Nerve Magazine (Vancouver)
Music Writer / 2006
Editor: Adrian Mack
www.TheNerveMagazine.com

Q-News (London)
Rhyme with Reason / 2006
Editor: Fareena Allam

The Listening Post
Video Blogger / 2007
Network: Al Jazeera English

Chief Mag (New York)
Article: An Evening at the Sexies / 2008
Contributing Writer
Editor: Andrew Smith

 Amazing Cats: Stories of Intuition, Compassion, Mystery & Extraordinary Feats
Author
Publisher: Faye Boer
Folklore Publishing / 2008

Paper / Cuts
Short story: Dr. Bus Love / 2007
Editor: Mark Nixon

Confluence '07/'08
Essay: Still Shooting Elephants
Editor:Dr. Paul Lumsden

Zines & Web Contributions: HipHopDx.com, Splurge, TheDailyRedundancy.com, 30Music.com, International Beauty Salon