2025 Festival: October 20–26
Books & Ideas runs until June!

Christine Estima

Ontario/Portugal

CHRISTINE ESTIMA is an Arab woman of mixed ethnicity (Lebanese, Syrian, and Portuguese) and the author of the short story collection The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society. She has written for the New York TimesThe WalrusVICE, the Globe and MailChatelaineMaisonneuve, the Toronto Star, and the CBC. Christine has a master’s degree from York University and lives in Toronto.

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