Yasmine Shemesh | Author at Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly

Yasmine Shemesh

@yasmineshemesh

Yasmine is the music editor at the Georgia Straight. Her writing has been featured in such publications as Billboard, MTV News, ELLE Canada, Exclaim!, and Alternative Press.

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