shanai tanwar
writer. literature student. art lover.
selected bylines
A Chorus of Refugees: Reviewing “Suppliants of Syria” — STRAND Mag (March 2026)
Falafels and Friendship: ‘Once Upon a Time in Gaza’ at LPFF — STRAND Mag (November 2025)
Are tradwives rebranding feminism? — Al Jazeera's The Stream (September 2025)
How the West Backed 'Forced Sterilization' During the Emergency — Brown History (June 2025)
How a health scare led this entrepreneur to build a cleaner beauty brand — The Globe and Mail (April 2025)
Stress relief in watercolour — The Globe and Mail (April 2025)
Review of "Bad Weather Mammals" — Contemporary Verse 2 (March 2025)
Trad wives and the lie of liberation — Broadview ( March 2025)
Serving liberation: How food is feeding the Palestinian cause — THIS Magazine (December 2024)
A love letter to Brown people in Vancouver — THIS Magazine (September 2024)
Glass Animals loves you “so f***ing much” — The Georgia Straight (September 2024)
Inking Inclusion — Maisonneuve (April 2024)
No, You Really Don’t Need To Douche — Chatelaine (January 2024)
Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, Javelin, is a soulful ode to queer romance, faith and grief — Broadview (October 2023)
Pain During Sex? It Could Be Vaginismus — Chatelaine (August 2023)
Love Nest: On the enduring legacy of love letters — Ubyssey (March 2023)
Common Threads: How students make themselves at home in their clothes — Ubyssey (March 2021)
This Eco-Art Venture Celebrates The Beauty Of The UAE’s Mangroves In The Most Alluring Way — Harper's Bazaar Arabia (August 2020)
How Adopting Senior Dogs Changed My Life — Cosmopolitan Middle East (July 2019)