Elamin Abdelmahmoud

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Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Born (1988-03-10) March 10, 1988 (age 36) [1] [2]
EducationQueen's University
Occupation(s)Writer and commentator
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Elamin Abdelmahmoud (born March 10, 1988) [1] [2] is a Sudanese Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator, and broadcaster based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as a culture writer for BuzzFeed and as a CBC Radio podcast and network radio host.

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In November 2022 the CBC announced that Abdelmahmoud would debut on January 30, 2023, as the host of Commotion , a daily pop culture magazine show which airs after Q weekday mornings. [3]

Early life and education

Abdelmahmoud was born in Sudan and emigrated to Canada at the age of 12, settling in Kingston, Ontario. [4] [5] He studied philosophy and gender studies at Queen's University, graduating in 2011. [4] As a student at Queen's he wrote for the Queen’s Journal and worked at CFRC-FM, the campus radio station. [6] In 2018, Abdelmahmoud was awarded the One to Watch Award by the Queen's Alumni Association. [7]

Career

Abdelmahmoud's career began as a production assistant at the CBC. [4] He began working as researcher for George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight in 2012 before joining The National as a researcher and editorial assistant. [6] He left the CBC to join TVO, where he worked as a social for TVO's The Agenda . [4] [6] Abdelmahmoud joined BuzzFeed in 2015 and took over writing BuzzFeed's morning newsletter in 2018. [6] His inspirational newsletter signoffs gained widespread popularity, resulting in merchandise featuring his well wishes to readers. [6] Abdelmahmoud has been a panelist on The National and is a regular guest on other CBC programs. [8] In 2019 Abdelmahmoud began co-hosting the political podcast Party Lines with Canadian political journalist Rosemary Barton. [9] He began hosting Pop Chat in 2020. [10] The same year he joined the Podcast Playlist as the program's new host.

As a long-form writer, Abdelmahouhd has written about culture and politics for publications including Chatelaine , Maclean's and The Guardian . He is also known for writing about race as it pertains to music and social life including interviews with Yola, Rhiannon Giddens, [11] and Jason Isbell about racism in country music [12] and the whiteness of the Canadian cottage industry. [13]

Abdelmahmoud's first book Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces was published by Random House in 2022. [14] The book draws on his experience identifying as Arab as a child only to be defined as Black after arriving in Canada. [15] [16]

Personal life

Abdelmahmoud lives in Toronto with his wife, Emily, and their daughter Amna Eliot. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 Abdelmahmoud, Elamin (2021-10-08). "50 years of multiculturalism: We do it well... except when we don't". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  2. 1 2 "Birthday tweet". 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  3. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "Reimagined ‘Q with Tom Power,’ new CBC Podcasts unveiled as part of public broadcaster’s winter slate". Broadcast Dialogue, November 30, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Artsci'11, Talks about his Career and Queen's Progress in Equity". www.queensu.ca. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Donaldson, Emily (13 May 2022). "Review : Elamin Abdelmahmoud 'leads us to the poetry of Highway 401' in his memoir 'Son of Elsewhere'". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Singh, Katherine (10 April 2019). "Signing Off". Review of Journalism. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "One to Watch Award Past Recipients". www.queensu.ca. Queen's Alumni. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Elamin Abdelmahmoud (ArtSci'11) Wins One to Watch Award". Queen's Arts & Science News. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Introducing Party Lines (Trailer)". CBC. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Meet the Pop Chat panel: Culture critics from around the Twitterverse" . Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  11. ↑ Abdelmahmoud, Elamin (5 June 2020). "Rewriting Country Music's Racist History". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  12. ↑ Abdelmahmoud, Elamin. "Jason Isbell Is Tired Of Country's Love Affair With White Nostalgia". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Abdelmahmoud, Elamin (20 March 2019). "Breaking the colour code of the Canadian cottage experience". Cottage Life. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  14. ↑ Skwarna, Naomi (19 May 2022). "Review: Elamin Abdelmahmoud's memoir Son of Elsewhere is a vulnerable inwards glance at moving to another country". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  15. ↑ Burton, Nylah (20 May 2022). "Elamin Abdelmahmoud Is Truly the 'Son of Elsewhere'". Shondaland. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  16. ↑ Abdelmahmoud, Elamin (14 May 2022). "Opinion: From Khartoum to Kingston: A journey to becoming Black". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  17. ↑ Dooreleyers, Jemma (9 May 2021). "The Mother Load". Review of Journalism : The School of Journalism. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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