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==About==
==About==
Montreal Serai is a not-for-profit webzine focused on arts, culture, and politics. We began as a local theatre and arts collective that went on to produce a print magazine. Montreal Serai aims to stretch the margins with thoughtful essays, reviews, commentaries, short stories, poems, artwork, videos, music and much more. Neither strictly local, nor only current affairs, we hope to provide an alternative perspective that goes beyond mainstream concerns. We have had over 400 contributors from all over the world in our 26 year existence and an ever-increasing subscription base. Based in Montreal, Canada,  Montreal Serai is recognized as a premier space in which both emerging and established writers and artists may engage.
==Funding==
Montreal Serai acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.0 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.


Hello, there! Bonsoir! My name is Maya and I am a Montreal Serai old-timer which means I’m young enough to remember  – je me souviens – but old enough to know better!  Before I begin reading my poem I should like to clarify a few misconceptions. Our masthead says that our name is derived from the Persian word for resting place or place of transience. This etymology is  absolutely correct.  Many of us came to Montreal to rest from turmoil, to learn, to test the waters (or the proverbial snow) and to consolidate our position before returning home to  make a mark there. But Montreal has now become our physical dwelling and Montreal Serai is where our spirit dwells. What is absolutely untrue is that Montreal Serai  is a resting place.  Just the opposite: it is a space for artistic experimentation, intellectual ferment, political questioning and the creation of a new paradigm for what it means to be human. It is not an exclusive club but rather an inclusive longhouse where we can meet on equal terms and discuss our joint future on this planet earth. The Montreal part of our name has spilled into those corners of the world where there is a cyber-link and the Serai part no longer  means transience but endurance. We have endured 23 years and with your help,  we shall certainly overcome. ¡Que será …Serai!
==Name Origin==
Serai is a Persian word which means ‘resting place’ or a ‘place of transience’ for a traveler. Founded in 1986, Montreal Serai is an arts magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews of film, music, art, exhibitions, theater and dance.


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Montreal Serai


Location

Montréal



About[edit]

Montreal Serai is a not-for-profit webzine focused on arts, culture, and politics. We began as a local theatre and arts collective that went on to produce a print magazine. Montreal Serai aims to stretch the margins with thoughtful essays, reviews, commentaries, short stories, poems, artwork, videos, music and much more. Neither strictly local, nor only current affairs, we hope to provide an alternative perspective that goes beyond mainstream concerns. We have had over 400 contributors from all over the world in our 26 year existence and an ever-increasing subscription base. Based in Montreal, Canada, Montreal Serai is recognized as a premier space in which both emerging and established writers and artists may engage.

Funding[edit]

Montreal Serai acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.0 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.

Name Origin[edit]

Serai is a Persian word which means ‘resting place’ or a ‘place of transience’ for a traveler. Founded in 1986, Montreal Serai is an arts magazine that publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews of film, music, art, exhibitions, theater and dance.


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