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Zehra Nawab is a multidisciplinary artist working in documentary-film, journalism, illustration and theatre. She is the writer and co-director of the documentary 'Home Truths,' exhibited as part of the travelling 'Making Heimet' exhibit from the Venice Biennale. Zehra is the recipient of the Agahi Award, Journalist of the Year 2016: Reporting on Culture, for the Herald magazine cover-story 'Seeking Paradise'. She has also co-directed the experimental documentary-film 'Mad Mad Mad Film World' which is currently being screened at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. She is presently collaborating with Pat The Dog theatre on writing 'The Vintage Project.' As an illustrator she has most notably designed the cover for 'Sita Under the Crescent Moon' published by Simon & Schuster In. She has also illustrated for the Registry Theatre and for The New Quarterly. Zehra is the top 3 finalist in the Best Local Artist category of the Waterloo Record Readers' Choice Awards; winner to be announced on October 29, 2020. She posts about her work most regularly on twitter and instagram.