"The challenge is to allow that little girl to speak, to exist again, to feel the pain."⁠ ⁠Winter issue 217 contributor Nataly Shaheen talks about her upcoming memoir in her interview about her cnf piece “Ali-Mohammad”. ⁠malahatreview.ca/interviews/sha…

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Feeling like a queen when surrounded by books #Writer

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting @saeedteebi last night at his book launch. I have read “Her First Palestinian” and can’t wait to read the rest of the short stories. #booklaunch #writer #WritingCommunity

A smile … It’s a small act of resistance to spite the horrors of this world. It took a cello, a viola, two violins, and a thousand candles to involuntarily draw one to my face. Candlelight Concerts, thank you. #AboutLastNight #girlsNightOut

Do memoirist have a hard time writing because of the trauma their writing forces them to relive? A real struggle… #WritingCommunity

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Her First Palestinian by @saeedteebi - I’m haunted by what Saeed shared during the Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors. If we as writers don’t write about the people we know, if we don’t include a part of us, then we too are erasing ourselves. A reminder for all #BIPOC authors…