Today is this home’s 10 year anniversary.
Yeah, it’s as unbelievable to me as it is to you, my seven readers.
Last night, I participated in my first ever panel discussion for a book launch; the book is Min Fami: Arab Feminist Reflections on Identity, Space and Resistance and in it are published two short stories.
The Universe made everything collide all at once. That I am thankful and blessed are quite possibly the understatements of the year thus far.
This is the video of my portion of the reading:
A little about the book — Min Fami: Arab Feminist Reflections on Identity, Space, and Resistance is an anthology that cradles the thoughts of Arab feminists, articulated through personal critical narratives, academic essays, poetry, short stories, and visual art. It is a meeting space where discussions on home(land), exile, feminism, borders, gender and sexual identity, solidarity, language, creative resistance, and (de)colonization are shared, confronted, and subverted. In a world that has increasingly found monolithic and one-dimensional ways of representing Arab womyn, this anthology comes as an alternate space in which we connect on the basis of our shared identities, despite physical, theoretical, and metaphorical distances, to celebrate our multiple voices, honour our ancestry, and build community on our own terms, and in our own voices.
& here, my loves, is where you may purchase this book and support its brilliant initiative.
Thank you for making Prolific Immigrant such a safe and warm place for my heart. Love you. Owe you. xxo
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Top photo of your web mistress courtesy of the lovely Leah Snyder for Mixed Bag Mag.
Maha – you should do this more often (maybe not including the mic incident), you’re a natural!!! xoxo
Watching you reading reminded me with what you did when we were kids , you tried to help me to improve my English language by recording your voice while reading the story of Robendon Cruso I had …..and you were knocking as a sign of ( turn the page) …. & for years I spent days listing to your sweet voice ……..look at you now ! that little girl is reading now for everyone ….This is you Maha & it seems that you were born to do what you are doing ….well done
Thanks for the link to the book!!!!!!
Hugs,
Maria
Happy birthday and I second Maria’s comment above that you start making video posts for us.
Steve
Thank you for being such an integral part of my day! Your story was wonderful to hear through your voice. I too will be purchasing the book. More videos, please pretty please!
You are gorgeous in that video! I’ve got a crush on you 😡
Thank you for all of your awesome contributions.