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Maria Qamar
Maria Qamar (born 1991) is an artist and author of the book ''Trust No Aunty.'' Qamar was born in Karachi, Pakistan to a father from Bangladesh and a mother from Gujarat, India. Both parents are chemists. She was exposed to both Bengali culture and Gujarati culture growing up. In 2000, when she was nine, the family emigrated to Ontario, briefly residing in Scarborough. The family then moved to Mississauga, where she spent the rest of her childhood. She experienced prejudice and bullying against South Asian children in her school, especially in the wake of the September 11 attacks. So as she later recalled, "I started going home and drawing comics about these experiences. But I would change the outcome. In my comics I always got the last laugh." She aligned both with her Desi identity and with Western teen goth, punk rock, and heavy metal subcultures. She moved to Toronto and took a copywriting job in the advertising industry. This she did not like, and she was laid off aroun ...
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21st-century Canadian Painters
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Canadian Women Painters
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The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented since 2015 by online e-book and audiobook retailer and eReader manufacturer Rakuten Kobo Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, ereaders and tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese ecommerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name'' Kobo'' .... Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books. Three prizes are awarded each year, for literary fiction, non-fiction, and genre fiction. Each year, a different genre is honoured in the genre fiction category, rotating between mystery, romance and speculative fiction. Winners References External links *{{official, http://www.kobo.com/emergingwriterprize Canadian fiction awards Awards established in 2015 Canadian non-fiction literary awards ...
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Mindy Kaling
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979),Additional archive on June 25, 2015. known professionally as Mindy Kaling (), is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer. She first gained recognition starring as Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom ''The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she also served as a writer, executive producer, and director. For her work on the series, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series and five times for Outstanding Comedy Series. Kaling gained wider attention for creating, producing and starring in the Fox comedy series ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2017). She created the NBC sitcom ''Champions'' (2018), also appearing in five episodes, the Hulu miniseries ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (2019), the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Never Have I Ever'' (2020–present), the HBO Max comedy-drama series ''The Sex Lives of College Girls'' (2021–present), and ''Snowball Fight'' (2022-2023) with Cha ...
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