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Writer. Debut novel “Drinking the Ocean” coming out 2025. Stories in “Best Canadian Stories” and other publications. Website: www.saadomarkhan.com

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Toronto friends, this great event is happening tomorrow night! We hope you can come out. Ann Y.K. Choi and Saad Omar Khan at Flying Books, Wednesday November 26th starting at 6:30 pm.

25.11.2025 15:42 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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JOIN US FOR AN AUTHOR SOCIAL WITH ANN Y.K. CHOI AND SAAD OMAR KHAN | Flying Books

Join me and @annykchoi.bsky.social for an Author Social at Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen Street West) on November 26 (6:30pm). Would love to see you there! flyingbooks.ca/events/39313...

05.11.2025 02:19 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Taqiyya is one of the more obscure bits of Islamic doctrine and something the vast majority of Muslims may not actually know about, and yet Islamophobes act as if it is something that is as fundamental to us as fasting.

06.11.2025 01:51 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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JOIN US FOR AN AUTHOR SOCIAL WITH ANN Y.K. CHOI AND SAAD OMAR KHAN | Flying Books

Join me and @annykchoi.bsky.social for an Author Social at Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen Street West) on November 26 (6:30pm). Would love to see you there! flyingbooks.ca/events/39313...

05.11.2025 02:19 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan
Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan YouTube video by Junction Reads

Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

youtu.be/ORpXvX9zG04

03.11.2025 13:09 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Come see me tomorrow at Type Books Junction for a reading and QA of my book "Drinking the Ocean"!

01.11.2025 21:06 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

So honoured to see my story “Of Blood and Pomegranates” published in Issue 8.2 in @augursociety.bsky.social. Please do take a look!

30.10.2025 22:36 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

In the latest episode of the podcast, @sokhan.bsky.social and I explore what it means to be a person of faith in the West—the questions, the fears, and even more questions.

📺Watch our chat: youtu.be/Bb2-aq0Gu5s

🎧 Or listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5SEe...

#literarypodcast #journeyoftheart

02.10.2025 03:12 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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What happens when love is not enough? This episode with Saad Omar Khan is one you should definitely watch.

📺Watch: youtu.be/Bb2-aq0Gu5s

🎧Or listen: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/hqTLyireiUb

#literarypodcast #authorinterview #journeyoftheart #saadomarkhan #drinkingtheocean

26.09.2025 15:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Shape of Love Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan explores the rewards and complexities of various kinds of love—romantic, familial, spiritual, and self.

Another lovely review for Saad Omar Khan's Drinking the Ocean:
dreamerswriting.com/drinking-the...

17.09.2025 14:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Grateful to have been interviewed!!

17.09.2025 14:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Episode 3: Saad Omar Khan on Spirituality in Sci-fi

Missed murmurstations EP 3 with @sokhan.bsky.social? 🎙️

Listen back as Sonia & Saad explore the question: How would Muslim practices, which are tied to solar and lunar cycles on Earth, be practiced on another planet? 🌙👀

Hit play NOW on Spotify & Apple👇
open.spotify.com/episode/0x3i...

11.09.2025 22:17 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Excited to be giving a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" on Sunday, September 14 at Supercrawl in Hamilton (1pm at the reading tent on James Street North). If you're in the Hamilton area, please come by. More info here: supercrawl.ca

05.09.2025 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The definition of what constitutes a public prayer has never been discussed, although it is apparent which group (i.e. Muslims like me) will be targeted. I doubt that worshipers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster will be forbidden from boiling pasta in public parks as a religious tie.

02.09.2025 02:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am an observant Muslim. I have said my obligatory and time dependent prayers in many public places. I have never said them in areas that I know would cause an obstruction. If I am ever back in Quebec, and if I feel the need to say my prayers visibly and in public, I will do so without apologies.

02.09.2025 02:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. On the left side reads: "launch readers" in purple text. On the right side is a purple square and inside of it reads the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto" in white text. In the middle are 12 pink and dark pink alternating circles with the readers names and their picture beside it. The readers are K. M. Fajardo, Saad Omar Khan, Rachel Evangeline Chiong, Rachel Lachmansingh, Matteo L. Cerilli, and Sofie Vlaad. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.

A plain beige background. In each top corner it reads: "augur society in person event" in light purple. On the left side reads: "launch readers" in purple text. On the right side is a purple square and inside of it reads the event information: "Thursday August 21st from 7-9:30 pm at 967 College St., Toronto" in white text. In the middle are 12 pink and dark pink alternating circles with the readers names and their picture beside it. The readers are K. M. Fajardo, Saad Omar Khan, Rachel Evangeline Chiong, Rachel Lachmansingh, Matteo L. Cerilli, and Sofie Vlaad. At the bottom of the image reads: "rsvp @ eventbrite – link in bio!" In purple text.

🎙️ MEET the amazing readers at our Vol. 6 Launch!

⭐️ @kmfajardo.bsky.social reading from "Sway With Me Until We Bleed."
⭐️ @sokhan.bsky.social reading from "The Zones of Heaven and Earth."
With Me Until We Bleed."
⭐️ @rachellovesfish.bsky.social reading from "Moon-Eaters & Moonsoons."

🧵Cont'd...

15.08.2025 19:09 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Augur Volume 6 Launch The launch will celebrate the printed publication of Augur Magazine, Volume 6, a collection of Augur issues 6.1 and 6.2 respectively.

www.eventbrite.com/e/augur-volu...

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If you’re in Toronto please join me for a reading of my short story “The Zones of Heaven and Earth” on August 21. See below details:

11.08.2025 17:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“Everything is finite”: Saad Omar Khan on Muslim identity, writing as documentation, and his debut novel, Drinking the Ocean – That Shakespearean Rag

Many thanks to Steven W. Beattie for the opportunity to interview at "That Shakespearean Rag" I discuss my novel “Drinking the Ocean”. See more here (note: subscription needed) www.shakespeareanrag.com/everything-i...

28.07.2025 22:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Drinking the Ocean There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…

I spy @sokhan.bsky.social 's Drinking The Ocean. Had the pleasure of interviewing him in AW's latest issue.
artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/d...

08.07.2025 03:14 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

“Bang bang bad!”….would be the general takeaway I’d like readers to get 😀

07.07.2025 04:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Angry people go bang bang with big big guns in far away place with no name.

07.07.2025 00:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Drinking the Ocean There is nothing I love more than a story that evokes a sense of unity. I love stories where the beginning meets the end, not necessarily linearly, but in a complete circle where the reader can see…

Thanks to The Artisanal Writer for the opportunity for the interview on my novel "Drinking the Ocean," where I discuss the novel's inspiration, the influence of Sufi poetry and cinema, my writing rituals, and other matters. Check it out here: artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/d...

06.07.2025 04:38 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Grateful for my novel “Drinking the Ocean” to be featured here @electricliterature.com

05.07.2025 14:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Small press CanLit representing in @electricliterature.com! ⚡️📕

Big thanks to Wendy Fox for including of two of our favourite books of the year, Drinking the Ocean by Saad Omar Khan (Wolsak & Wynn) and Iris and the Dead by Miranda Schreiber (Book*hug Press).

electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

04.07.2025 23:22 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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Join me for a discussion of my novel “Drinking the Ocean” on June 26 Prince Edward County (Picton Branch) at 7pm

24.06.2025 18:56 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

29.05.2025 15:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Check out my upcoming interview @tre.radio 6pm UK time on “The Book Show”

05.06.2025 14:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please join me for "An Evening of Unforgettable Prose" at High Park Branch (Toronto Public Library) on June 18 where I will be doing a reading of my novel "Drinking the Ocean" www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

29.05.2025 15:52 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Toronto friends, this wonderful (free!) event is coming up soon. We hope you can join us on Monday, June 2nd to celebrate these wonderful books. You can learn more here!
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/events/2025/...

27.05.2025 14:46 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1