Uzma Jalaluddin

chair. “People are intimidated by a woman in power, Clara. They think it goes against the natural order of things. But the world is changing, and it’s important that we embrace the transformation. You grew up in Newfoundland.”

Clara blinked, head spinning at Sheila’s abrupt topic change. So her new boss hadn’t been simply ignoring her outside in the hallway

Ayesha started laughing.

Part of both worlds, yet part of neither

wiry and stubbly

Canada for over thirty years

suburb west of Toronto

Farzana

two months ago

paused mid-bite

first day as a substitute high school teache