Jihad & Co. by Aisha Ahmad
Reviewed by Menaka Raman-Wilms Ideology is generally seen as the driving force behind militant jihadist groups. It’s the identity that...
Interview with Aisha Ahmad
Ottawa Review of Books' Menaka Raman-Wilms speaks with Toronto writer and researcher, Aisha Ahmad, author of Jihad & Co.: Black Markets...
Xue Yiwei - Dr. Bethune's Children
Interviewed by Stephane Lavoie I first photographed Xue following the release of his first title translated into English, Shenzheners, a...
A Minyen Yidn Un Andere Zakhn by Max Perlson
Reviewed by Joseph Kary In 1938, a Yiddish journalist named Max Perlson published a slim collection of short stories and fragments of...
Last Call by Phyllis Smallman
Reviewed by Jim Napier Move over, Bogart, and make way for Key Largo Redux. For the swan song of full-time bartender and part-time...
Lost Enough by Anita Dolman
Reviewed by Benoit Chartier This book of short stories is like going through the effects of an eccentric lost loved one, piece-by-piece,...
Welcome to ORB's New Year Edition
The Ottawa Review of Books team is pleased to share with you a light offering for our New Year's issue. In this issue, we offer our takes...
The Last Wave by Gillian Best
Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann John, an elderly man, is confused. He cannot find his wife, Martha. His neighbour, Henry, tries to help,...