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September 2007

"I do not weep at the world--I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife."
- Zora Neale Hurston

September 2007

Paradise Lost

by Martin Patriquin

In the summer of 2006, a Montreal family went home to Lebanon. They found love, affection, and the horrors of war. Most never returned.

photography by Stephanie Sinclair

National Magazine Award Nominee

Breaking D-Wave

by Alex Hutchinson

Has a small business in British Columbia start-up built the world's first viable quantum computer? NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment, Alex Hutchison

Telling All

by Mark Czarnecki

The phenomenon of the male public apology hides the truth about men, shame, and silence

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Magic Kingdom or Glass House?

by Deborah Campbell

The inside story of massive wealth, hope for a Middle East in flux, and a dream that could be shattered by one terrorist bombing . . . Dubai, a city that never sleeps

The Hidden Mickey Mouse

by John Reardon

Mickey’s secret diaries. NMA nominee: Humour

On Strawberry Hill

by Chris Turner

The hippie exodus to Canada from the United States was not a mass migration, but it was close. Is it time to rethink this period, then and now?

Dog Days and Fall Fun

by Ken Alexander

Ottawa is awash in talk of the Harper government launching its fall campaign by “recalibrating its

Novel excerpt — Dark Places

by Jon Evans

Jon Evans is the author of “Apocalypse Soon,” about the future of reading, in the September 2007 issue. Here is the first chapter of his debut novel, Dark Places.

Novel excerpt — Invisible Armies

by Jon Evans

Jon Evans is the author of “Apocalypse Soon,” about the future of reading, in the September 2007 issue. Here are the first two chapters of his upcoming novel, Invi

Rebel Spell

by Adrian Bradbury

Life after marriage to one of Africa’s most wanted men

Mont Royal

by Jaspreet Singh

When I moved to this city, ladies, I thought the cross on the top of the mountain was actually a mathematical sign, you

Spain’s New Muslims

by Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend

Converts have become the agreeable face of Spanish Islam

National Magazine Award Nominee

War Stories

by Rita Leistner

Rita Leistner’s “portraitscapes” of Lebanon, 2006. NMA nominee: Photojournalism & Photo Essay. » View Photo Gallery «

September 2007

by The Walrus Readers

Charter Fight Okay, I get it. Michael Healey’s article (

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