Rodino Federal Building in Newark, New Jersey / by Engy Abdelkader - Subway negotiations / by Sherien Sultan - Vanwyck details / by Asma Shikoh - Grandpa was a terrorist / by Leila Montour - For Farouk-abdel Muhti / by Aisha Sattar - Dikhir / by Nuzhat Abbas - Answering- / by Zohra Saed - April 1978 / by Zohra Saed - The things that still reach us in Brooklyn / by Zohra Saed -^ The book is structured in four parts: Letter to South Africa, in which the poet explores her homeland Letter to Canada, in which she explores her adopted country Letter to All, in which she attempts to understand the bigger picture of racial and gender issues as well as political ones and Letter-out : Letter-in, in which she attempts to reconcile all these matters and focus on a positive outcome: love.Iqra : a poetics of resistance / by Sarah Husain - Woman / by Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil - For Afghanistan : 2001 / by Salimah Valiani - The day after / by Anida Yoeu Esguerra - Human services / by Leila Montour - Shadow nation (artwork) / by Leila Montour - Voices of resistance : two Iraqi women speak out : an interview / by Azza Basarudin and Khanum Shaikh - American flag as pardah / by Saba Razvi - The tragedy (artwork) / by Salma Arastu - Homeland security / by Leila Montour - Dear honorable gentlemen : Re: religiously-motivated discriminatory conduct at Peter C.

The Sufi notion of love is defined and redefined at recurring moments in the collection, making use of poetic subtlety to offer a new vision in a fractured world. Moving from critique, Letter Out : Letter In further proposes love as an alternative to the binary of competition/solidarity so prevalent in Western thought.

Historic and persisting structures of racism, sexism and economic inequality are explored, but also the nature of gender and ethnic divisions within and among oppressed groups. Using post-Apartheid South Africa as a point from which to reflect on Canada and beyond, Letter Out : Letter In is a poetry collection of social commentary, political-economic analysis, and philosophical meditation.

Voices of Resistance by Sarah Husain