Laila Re (b. Kabul, Afghanistan) is a poet based in Markham, Ontario. She escaped Kabul as a toddler with her family to Islamabad, Pakistan, before emigrating two years later to Canada in 1992 when she was five. She attended York University in Toronto. She is the author of three collections of poetry: Pieces to Peace, Soul Led, and Beauty and Love. Her personal essay “Kabul Dreams” was published in the anthology The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth (Mawenzi, 2016).
