Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Xamar Jajab, or Broken Hamar 1
4. Torn Desert Flowers 13
5. The Dutch Disease 15
6. (S)he Does Not Know Her Beauty 29
7. The Great White North 65
8. Bienvenue à Toronto 67
9. The Past in Pictures As 73
10. A Place of No Abiding Use 87
11. Gentrification of the Mind 113
12. A Rain-Bearing Cloud at Night 123
13. The Span of My Uncertain Years 129
14. Run, Mohamed, Run 145
15. There Were Nights That Can Never Be Forgotten 161
16. The Morass of Vice and Libertinage 167
17. Brave Old World 175
18. Flames Ravaging His Glowing Hair 183
19. Selected Bibliography 191
20. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 197
21. The Regina Collection 198