The novel was selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by actor Zaib Shaikh.
He is co-founder of the Whistler Theatre Project, and also writer and director of the CBC adaptation of Othello.
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He is best known for his roles as Amaar Rashid, an imam in the CBC Television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Jayesh in Metropia, an evening soap opera broadcast on Omni Television.
Shaikh | Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah | Punjabi Shaikh | Zaib Shaikh | Mubin Shaikh | Khawaja Shaikh |