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Joshua Mostafa Joshua Mostafa i(A134651 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Bengali
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1 1 y separately published work icon Offshore Joshua Mostafa , Sydney : Seizure , 2019 18022662 2019 single work novella 'In very near future Sydney, an academic finds himself unprepared to deal with a city collapsing into chaos. The internet has disappeared, the water isn’t running and there is no electricity. As rival paramilitary groups battle for control of the streets, he pays people smugglers to help him escape overseas, only to be held in an island detention camp. There he finds a former ally and together they try to change their fate.' (Publication summary)
1 The Boat Joshua Mostafa , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 132-136) The Best Australian Stories 2017 2017; (p. 89-93)

'His name is Paul or Peter, I forget. We sit together, squashed among a couple of dozen others like the human luggage that we are,  below the deck, where years of putrifying fish have left their stink. No windows. Someone's puked. An infant cries.' (Introduction)
1 The Echo Joshua Mostafa , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Sparks : The University of Sydney Anthology 2012 2012; (p. 77-99)
1 Fearism/Sudoku i "now we are all americans", Joshua Mostafa , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Otoliths , 1 August no. 26 2012;
1 Good Works i "Sometimes her fingers close a nail's breadth", Joshua Mostafa , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 121 2010; (p. 106)
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