Elamin Abdelmahmoud Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

"Parasite felt so bold in 2019 because it came from outside both the Hollywood and social media bubble. It’s telling that in the years since its Oscar success, Bong Joon-ho​’s winning formula has been poorly mimicked by Western media, with little of its intelligence."

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Grateful to @awomanskwarned and @globeandmail for spending time with Son of Elsewhere, and for the close reading and generous review 🙏🏾 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-elamin-abdelmahmoud-memoir-son-of-elsewhere-a-vulnerable-inwards/

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

One knock-on effect of This Is 40, the excellent Judd Apatow film, is everyone posting their birthday posts with This Is Any Age, and this is not to take away from 34 or 37 or 41 or any age, you know, but we used to have a real sense of milestones, we used to be a real country

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Wrote about Salman Rushdie and how the mythos of the Satanic Verses first introduced me to the idea that books can be dangerous https://t.co/syeAu9ts6A

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Viola Davis: “As Black people, and especially as Black women, we have been given insurmountable odds.” Here’s the cast of The Woman King: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedo, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega. #TakeUpSpace https://t.co/m7T1hGyVUk

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

"There is simply too much to think about" — Saul Bellow, who didn't even have twitter

Elamin Abdelmahmoud

"You have to grapple with these ideas that are even contradictory. I care about the workers, but I want this industry to stop poisoning people." DUCKS, Kate Beaton's graphic memoir of her time at the Oil Sands won Canada Reads yesterday. She's on @CommotionCBC today at 11. https://t.co/I94VAtOoXu