Omar Mouallem
@omarmouallem.bsky.social
EIC of EDify Magazine | Filmmaker: The Lebanese Burger Mafia & Nader’s Girl (2025) | Author: How Muslims Shaped the Americas | Fake Dean: PandemicUniversity.com
Unveiling Edify’s annual Top 40 Under 40 issue celebrating the young leaders shaping Edmonton’s future. Honoured to showcase their imagination, grit and generosity on
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November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Unveiling Edify’s annual Top 40 Under 40 issue celebrating the young leaders shaping Edmonton’s future. Honoured to showcase their imagination, grit and generosity on
@globaledmonton.bsky.social globalnews.ca/video/115048...
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Sign me up! I’m really excited about the direction Edify is taking under Omar’s direction.
This week, as part of Edify's 5th anniversary issue, we launched The Readers’ Trust—a new initiative to support the magazine’s efforts to publish more stories of high public interest. It’s our way of ensuring we can continue producing in-depth, ambitious, fact-checked journalism for the next 5 yrs.
October 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Sign me up! I’m really excited about the direction Edify is taking under Omar’s direction.
This week, as part of Edify's 5th anniversary issue, we launched The Readers’ Trust—a new initiative to support the magazine’s efforts to publish more stories of high public interest. It’s our way of ensuring we can continue producing in-depth, ambitious, fact-checked journalism for the next 5 yrs.
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This week, as part of Edify's 5th anniversary issue, we launched The Readers’ Trust—a new initiative to support the magazine’s efforts to publish more stories of high public interest. It’s our way of ensuring we can continue producing in-depth, ambitious, fact-checked journalism for the next 5 yrs.
Please read @russellcobb.bsky.social and Sarah Brandvold’s riveting story of an Egyptian mummy horrendous journey to finally resting peacefully in the @ualberta.bsky.social museum archives. This will change the way you see human remains exhibitions. edifyedmonton.com/urban/histor...
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The Secret Life of Horus | Edify.
Tracing a mummy’s strange odyssey, from ancient Egypt to Edmonton, and the secrets still entombed
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October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Please read @russellcobb.bsky.social and Sarah Brandvold’s riveting story of an Egyptian mummy horrendous journey to finally resting peacefully in the @ualberta.bsky.social museum archives. This will change the way you see human remains exhibitions. edifyedmonton.com/urban/histor...
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I’ll be making a major announcement about Edify Magazine and a local journalism initiative today on Global News Edmonton at 7:25am!
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ll be making a major announcement about Edify Magazine and a local journalism initiative today on Global News Edmonton at 7:25am!
We are also hiring an editorial intern. This is a paid position partially supported by @albertamags edifyedmonton.com/career/edito...
August 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We are also hiring an editorial intern. This is a paid position partially supported by @albertamags edifyedmonton.com/career/edito...
Come work with me at Edify magazine! We're hiring a part-time staff writer. This is an excellent opportunity for independent journalists and writers seeking steady work to sustain their freelance career. (Apply by Sept. 10) edifyedmonton.com/careers/part...
Part-time Staff Writer | Edify.
Odvod Media is located in Edmonton, Alberta and is seeking a part-time staff writer for Edify magazine.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Come work with me at Edify magazine! We're hiring a part-time staff writer. This is an excellent opportunity for independent journalists and writers seeking steady work to sustain their freelance career. (Apply by Sept. 10) edifyedmonton.com/careers/part...
MENA-identifying filmmakers in Canada — the 2025 Filmmaking Grant is now open. $5,000 plus creative and logistical support from @MENA Film Fest. Last year, this grant helped me make my movie. This year, I’m on the jury and eager to see your proposals. www.menafilmfestival.com/filmmaking-grant/2025
2025 MENA Canada Filmmaking Grant
A one of a kind funding stream for a MENA/SWANA-identifying filmmaker to help fund a short film to be presented at the annual MENA Film Festival!
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August 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
MENA-identifying filmmakers in Canada — the 2025 Filmmaking Grant is now open. $5,000 plus creative and logistical support from @MENA Film Fest. Last year, this grant helped me make my movie. This year, I’m on the jury and eager to see your proposals. www.menafilmfestival.com/filmmaking-grant/2025
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Made the (good) mistake of turning on @omarmouallem.bsky.social's short doc on Burger Baron ... so of course now all I want is a big hamburger, some curly fries, onion rings, and corn fritters...
The full length doc The Last Baron is on CBC Gem!
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The full length doc The Last Baron is on CBC Gem!
youtu.be/X9x3IeZj254?...
The chaotic burger chain with no rules — welcome to Burger Baron
YouTube video by CBC Docs
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July 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Made the (good) mistake of turning on @omarmouallem.bsky.social's short doc on Burger Baron ... so of course now all I want is a big hamburger, some curly fries, onion rings, and corn fritters...
The full length doc The Last Baron is on CBC Gem!
youtu.be/X9x3IeZj254?...
The full length doc The Last Baron is on CBC Gem!
youtu.be/X9x3IeZj254?...
I finally get to share the trailer for my first scripted movie, NADER’S GIRL, and announce that it will play at the opening weekend of Edmonton International Film Festival in September. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKo...
Trailer: Nader's Girl (Directed by Omar Mouallem/Produced by BAD Films)
YouTube video by Omar Mouallem
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August 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I finally get to share the trailer for my first scripted movie, NADER’S GIRL, and announce that it will play at the opening weekend of Edmonton International Film Festival in September. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSKo...
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Really well-written and interesting piece on Mayor Amarjeet Sohi in Edify #yeg #yegcc edifyedmonton.com/people/profi...
The Final Campaign | Edify.
Experience, name recognition and a lifetime of service couldn’t save Amarjeet Sohi from a harsh political reckoning. Writer Curtis Gillespie examines what went wrong for the Mayor and what it says abo...
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July 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Really well-written and interesting piece on Mayor Amarjeet Sohi in Edify #yeg #yegcc edifyedmonton.com/people/profi...
Freelancing can be liberating. It can also be isolating, unstable, and exhausting.
I’m teaching a free one-hour masterclass called Surviving the Freelance Grind on June 24. It’s for anyone who wants to make freelancing more sustainable.
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I’m teaching a free one-hour masterclass called Surviving the Freelance Grind on June 24. It’s for anyone who wants to make freelancing more sustainable.
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Surviving the Freelance Grind: Free Masterclass with Writer and Editor Omar Mouallem - Pandemic University
Date: Tues., June 24 @ 5:30 pm Mountain (7:30 pm Eastern) Instructor: Omar Mouallem How do you ask your editor for more money? Is it better to be a generalist or ...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Freelancing can be liberating. It can also be isolating, unstable, and exhausting.
I’m teaching a free one-hour masterclass called Surviving the Freelance Grind on June 24. It’s for anyone who wants to make freelancing more sustainable.
🔗 pandemicuniversity.com/product/the-freelance-grind-2025
I’m teaching a free one-hour masterclass called Surviving the Freelance Grind on June 24. It’s for anyone who wants to make freelancing more sustainable.
🔗 pandemicuniversity.com/product/the-freelance-grind-2025
This was so much fun to write for Edify magazine. "A Father’s Day Guide for Edmonton’s Awesome Single Dads" edifyedmonton.com/food/eat-in-...
A Father’s Day Guide for Edmonton’s Awesome Single Dads | Edify.
If you have your kids this weekend, that’s the real win. But brunch and a cold beer wouldn’t hurt, either.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This was so much fun to write for Edify magazine. "A Father’s Day Guide for Edmonton’s Awesome Single Dads" edifyedmonton.com/food/eat-in-...
My business of freelancing course is back at @pandemicuniversity.bsky.social starting July 15.
It’s a 6-week course on pitching, protecting your work, and building a sustainable freelance career—now updated with fresh insight from my time editing at Edify.
pandemicuniversity.com/business-of-...
It’s a 6-week course on pitching, protecting your work, and building a sustainable freelance career—now updated with fresh insight from my time editing at Edify.
pandemicuniversity.com/business-of-...
The Business of Freelance Writing: 6-Week Intensive with Magazine Writer and Editor Omar Mouallem - Pandemic University
July 15–Aug. 19: Career and creative skills necessary to live as a journalist-for-hire
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May 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My business of freelancing course is back at @pandemicuniversity.bsky.social starting July 15.
It’s a 6-week course on pitching, protecting your work, and building a sustainable freelance career—now updated with fresh insight from my time editing at Edify.
pandemicuniversity.com/business-of-...
It’s a 6-week course on pitching, protecting your work, and building a sustainable freelance career—now updated with fresh insight from my time editing at Edify.
pandemicuniversity.com/business-of-...
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Visit our website to learn about all things #tech and #innovation in Edmonton with #Edify magazine’s May 2025 issue, and hear what the new Editor-in-Chief Omar Mouallem has planned for the future. @omarmouallem.bsky.social #yeg
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May 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Visit our website to learn about all things #tech and #innovation in Edmonton with #Edify magazine’s May 2025 issue, and hear what the new Editor-in-Chief Omar Mouallem has planned for the future. @omarmouallem.bsky.social #yeg
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If you haven’t heard Courtney’s @canadaland.com’s podcast episode about her stint as a GGW merch girl, it is, well, pretty wild. (Proud to say she scored the gig through Pandemic University’s PitchFest) www.canadaland.com/podcast/1160...
May 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If you haven’t heard Courtney’s @canadaland.com’s podcast episode about her stint as a GGW merch girl, it is, well, pretty wild. (Proud to say she scored the gig through Pandemic University’s PitchFest) www.canadaland.com/podcast/1160...
I don’t care how bad your adolescent poetry was, it’s Shakespeare compared to LL Cool J’s verse on the “Flava in Your Ear.”
May 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I don’t care how bad your adolescent poetry was, it’s Shakespeare compared to LL Cool J’s verse on the “Flava in Your Ear.”
“I just thought there’s got to be a way to help take the emotional labour off of our people" –Shani Gwin on her novel AI app that takes on anti-Indigenous racism
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Code Switch | Edify.
AI takes on anti-Indigenous racism
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May 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“I just thought there’s got to be a way to help take the emotional labour off of our people" –Shani Gwin on her novel AI app that takes on anti-Indigenous racism
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💊 Finalist | Investigative Reporting | #NMA25
The War for Drugs
@macleans.bsky.social | By @omarmouallem.bsky.social
Two Vancouver activists gave untainted heroin, meth, and cocaine to drug users. They say they saved lives. Ottawa says they’re traffickers.
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The War for Drugs
@macleans.bsky.social | By @omarmouallem.bsky.social
Two Vancouver activists gave untainted heroin, meth, and cocaine to drug users. They say they saved lives. Ottawa says they’re traffickers.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
💊 Finalist | Investigative Reporting | #NMA25
The War for Drugs
@macleans.bsky.social | By @omarmouallem.bsky.social
Two Vancouver activists gave untainted heroin, meth, and cocaine to drug users. They say they saved lives. Ottawa says they’re traffickers.
🔗 zurl.co/0srHD
The War for Drugs
@macleans.bsky.social | By @omarmouallem.bsky.social
Two Vancouver activists gave untainted heroin, meth, and cocaine to drug users. They say they saved lives. Ottawa says they’re traffickers.
🔗 zurl.co/0srHD
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It’s not lost on me that while being interviewed about our AI project, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, Edify would decide to highlight my grandfather as the first in a new series, Lost Ones. Here we are in the Edmonton Innovation issue: edifyedmonton.com/people/profi...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s not lost on me that while being interviewed about our AI project, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, Edify would decide to highlight my grandfather as the first in a new series, Lost Ones. Here we are in the Edmonton Innovation issue: edifyedmonton.com/people/profi...
edifyedmonton.com/urban/innova...
edifyedmonton.com/urban/innova...
They’re calling it for Fanjoy.
April 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
They’re calling it for Fanjoy.
After nearly two decades, I’ve come home as EIC of Edify magazine. On this episode of Edify Unfiltered, I talk about my long road back, my vision for the magazine, and why I still believe in the power of print in a digital world.
Give it a listen: edifyedmonton.com/edify-unfilt...
Give it a listen: edifyedmonton.com/edify-unfilt...
EDify Unfiltered Podcast | Edify.
We need to talk about Edmonton. This is our city and we love it — all the way through. Urban life is full of wonder and adventure, with diverse people sharing and creating spaces together.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After nearly two decades, I’ve come home as EIC of Edify magazine. On this episode of Edify Unfiltered, I talk about my long road back, my vision for the magazine, and why I still believe in the power of print in a digital world.
Give it a listen: edifyedmonton.com/edify-unfilt...
Give it a listen: edifyedmonton.com/edify-unfilt...
Who wants to make a great magazine with me?
EDify is hiring an associate editor working to A) publish one of the best damn city mags left in the country, and B) lead our three newsletters, which are basically mini-mags of their own.
DMs are open for Q's. edifyedmonton.com/careers/asso...
EDify is hiring an associate editor working to A) publish one of the best damn city mags left in the country, and B) lead our three newsletters, which are basically mini-mags of their own.
DMs are open for Q's. edifyedmonton.com/careers/asso...
Associate Editor | Edify.
Odvod Publishing Inc., is located in Edmonton, Alberta and is seeking an associate editor for Edify magazine and the online magazine Urban Affairs.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Who wants to make a great magazine with me?
EDify is hiring an associate editor working to A) publish one of the best damn city mags left in the country, and B) lead our three newsletters, which are basically mini-mags of their own.
DMs are open for Q's. edifyedmonton.com/careers/asso...
EDify is hiring an associate editor working to A) publish one of the best damn city mags left in the country, and B) lead our three newsletters, which are basically mini-mags of their own.
DMs are open for Q's. edifyedmonton.com/careers/asso...
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If you're into Creative Nonfiction, register for Reconciling Truth. Some of the bsky writers involved: @simonathibault.bsky.social, @dannyramadan.com, @omarmouallem.bsky.social, @carolinetopperman.bsky.social, @jrwilsonwrites.bsky.social, @theauthorguy.bsky.social #creativenonfiction #nonfiction
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! From the challenges of writing memoir to our responsibility as storytellers and researchers writing true events, join us for twelve sessions over four days April 2-5, 2025. creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...
March 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you're into Creative Nonfiction, register for Reconciling Truth. Some of the bsky writers involved: @simonathibault.bsky.social, @dannyramadan.com, @omarmouallem.bsky.social, @carolinetopperman.bsky.social, @jrwilsonwrites.bsky.social, @theauthorguy.bsky.social #creativenonfiction #nonfiction
My tips for writing book proposals and travelogues on @courtneykocak‘s The Bleeders podcast and newsletter.
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From Ghostwriting to Big Five Book Deal ✨
🎙️ New episode: Omar Mouallem on "Praying to the West"
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March 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My tips for writing book proposals and travelogues on @courtneykocak‘s The Bleeders podcast and newsletter.
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