In celebration of our 2nd anniversary, Simerg announces a new section called Essays and Letters. This will be a venue through which we will seek to bring the best writings in fiction, nonfiction, art, film, theatre and literature written by Ismaili writers – those who have established themselves in literary circles as well as anyone who has a love and passion for writing on diverse topics. Our hope is that you will make this new initiative rich and stimulating in content. Your contribution should be submitted to simerg@aol.com.

Our first piece in this new initiative is Childhood Games written by Mohezin Tejani, a globetrotting Ismaili Muslim exiled from Idi Amin’s Uganda. Tejani is writing his memoirs in a trilogy: the first volume “A Chameleon’s Tale: True Stories of a Global Refugee,” published in 2006, was a finalist for a PEN book award in New York.

Date posted on Simerg: April 4, 2011
Date modified: August 31, 2014

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Links to essays and letters:

• Ode to the Indian Dukawala on East African Plains
• Book Excerpt: “Conversations on Three Continents” by M. H. Velshi
• Ismailis in China – A Travelogue with a Special Photo Collection
• Letter from China: Eid al-Fitr at the Huasheing Mosque in Guangzhou
• Book Review: Sultan Somjee’s ‘Bead Bai’ Lays Bare the Ismaili Khoja Clan of Early Nairobi
• Book Review: Scholarly Work of Gujarati Communities Across the Globe is Readable, and Also Deals with Ismaili Traditions
• “The Seven Ages of Man Redux” by Mo Tejani
• Rumi’s Tomb, a Dervish Monastery in Bosnia, and an Iconic Bookstore in Paris
• A Nature Poem
• RSVP Rice and Stew Very Plenty – Memories of Growing Up in Jinja
• An Ismaili Reflects on the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
• Exploring Belgium: The Modern and the Medieval by Mo
• “New Hampshire Twilight” and “Iguazu”
• Ute Visions
• Inca Gods
• A Review of His Highness the Aga Khan’s “Where Hope Takes Root”
• A Letter to Charles Darwin from Galapagos
• “Birds Began It All”
• “Why I am Excited About the Aga Khan Museum, The Ismaili Centre and Their Park” by Emmanuel Iduma
• “Why I am Excited About the Aga Khan Museum, The Ismaili Centre and Their Park” by Zohra Nizamdin
• Singida
• Childhood Games

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