Omar Mouallem

I’m an Edmonton-based writer, filmmaker, multimedia producer, educator, and small-business owner. I’ve worked for such outlets as The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, CBC TV, and The Guardian, and appeared on Al Jazeera, WNYC, and other networks. My book How Muslims Shaped the Americas, won the 2022 Wilfrid Eggleston Nonfiction Award and was named one of the Globe and Mail’s 100 best books of 2021. My first feature film, The Lebanese Burger Mafia, premiered at Hot Docs in 2023 and won the Northwest Fest Audience Choice Award. As an educator, I teach the business of freelance journalism and creative nonfiction at various schools, including my own—Pandemic University School of Writing, a virtual school I founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 fallout. Its courses and webinars have been attended by more than 4,000 people from 60 countries.