People
Board Members
Nurjehan Aziz
Nurjehan Aziz is an editor and the publisher at Mawenzi House press. She is based in Toronto.
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Alnoor Gova
Alnoor Gova is a researcher, broadcaster and writer. He has completed his PhD at the University of British Columbia focusing on issues of racism, Islamophobia and community. He has been involved with a number of arts based organizations.
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Ali Kazimi
Professor Ali Kazimi is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist whose work deals with race, social justice, migration, history, memory and archive.
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Larissa Lai
Larissa Lai holds a Canada Research Chair II in Creative Writing at the University of Calgary, and directs The Insurgent Architects' House for Creative Writing there.
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Staff Members
Jessica Choi
Jessica Choi is Rungh's Communications Specialist. She is an experienced web developer and fundraising & communications professional working with non-profit arts and cultural organizations.
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Amina Creighton-Kelly
Amina Creighton-Kelly is Project Leader at Rungh. She is of Kanien´kéha:ka, South Asian, British and French ancestry. She is currently working as a Production Associate at Full Circle: First Nations Performance.
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Zool Suleman
Zool Suleman is the Editor of Rungh and the Executive Director of the Rungh Cultural Society. He co-founded Rungh in 1991.
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Past Staff
Noal Amir
Noal Amir is Rungh's Communications Coordinator. She is a collaborative filmmaker and has developed and led outreach for participatory projects with communities in Cameroon, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
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Habiba Sule
Habiba is Associate Development Director of Rungh. She is a Graduate Student at Simon Fraser University, pursuing a double MA in Global Communication.
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Archive Creation Group
Present
Rusaba Alam
Rusaba Alam is a PhD student in the Department of English Language and Literatures at UBC. Her interests include postcolonial environmental writing and the temporality of climate catastrophe.
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Simranpreet Anand
Simranpreet Anand is an interdisciplinary artist and is committed to a community engaged practice. She is currently working as an Engagement Facilitator at the Surrey Art Gallery and Curatorial Assistant at Western Front.
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Gina Hsu
Gina Hsu was born and raised in Taiwan. She is currently pursuing her MA degree in English at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests are Asian American/Asian Canadian Studies, Black Diaspora, and Critical Theories.
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Mahnoor Lodhi
Mahnoor Lodhi is a Karachi born, Pakistani multimedia artist and curator. She holds a BFA in Critical + Cultural Practice, with a minor in Curatorial Practices from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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Past
Alice Choi
Alice Choi is a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of British Columbia and a visual artist based in South Korea.
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Zakir Kassam
Zakir Kassam is a Kenyan born university student currently based in Vancouver. He is pursuing
a dual BA and BComm between Sciences Po Paris and the University of British Columbia.
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Dana Qaddah
Dana Qaddah is a Lebanese-born artist currently working towards her BFA in Visual Arts at Emily Carr University of Art & Design.
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Y Vy Truong
Y Vy Truong's research interests are in contemporary art practices emerging from Asia and Asian diaspora communities in North America, and how those practices intersect with historical narratives and archival methods.
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Simon (Grefiel) Yu
Simon (Grefiel) Yu is a Vancouver-based Filipino worker, currently working toward a BFA and curatorial minor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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