Letters to Kafka - Christine Estima

Estima, Christine: - 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 Times , The Walrus , VICE , the Globe and Mail , Chatelaine , Maisonneuve , the Toronto Star , and the CBC. Her story Your Hands Are Blessed was included in Best Canadian Stories 2023. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism and a finalist for the 2023 Lee Smith Novel Prize. Christine has a master's degree from York University and lives in Toronto.