1.0Alumni Profiles/laps/alumniSanja Begic/laps/alumni/author/begic/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lrXOP6Qe0r"><a href="/laps/alumni/profile/yusuf-saadi/">Yusuf Saadi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/laps/alumni/profile/yusuf-saadi/embed/#?secret=lrXOP6Qe0r" width="600" height="338" title="“Yusuf Saadi” — Alumni Profiles" data-secret="lrXOP6Qe0r" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/laps/alumni/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Yusuf's writing has appeared in The Malahat Review, Grain, Prairie Fire, PRISM international, and Vallum. While the writing workshops with my peers were invaluable, the opportunity to read and respond to already established writers from various traditions also helped shape me. In the program, I was exposed to many writers whom I had never previously read and whom […]