Pownal Street Press is thrilled to announce the September publication of Are You Listening?: Weaving a Tapestry from Pain into Beauty by Zaynab Mohammed.
Are You Listening? is a journey of sound, sight and story. Using poems and essays, this memoir explores the theme of intergenerational displacement. This book speaks the truths of a woman who is forced to navigate a terrain foreign to her ancestors at a young age. Through the painful knocks of colonization, Zaynab Mohammed finds her freedom by leaning on the art of listening to herself, to others and to the earth. Are You Listening? is a carefully woven tapestry of transforming pain into beauty, into magic, and into possibility. What her words uncover are a quenching truth that gives the author access to what she lost as a child — her innocence.
Are You Listening?: Weaving a Tapestry from Pain into Beauty
$24.95 Paperback
ISBN: 9781998129263
On Sale: September 10, 2024
Pre-order HERE
Based on her one-woman play, Zaynab uses her nonfiction and performance poetry to discuss the challenging topics of intergenerational displacement, immigration, and fleeing war-torn countries. Are You Listening? creates a tapestry where hope can grow.
About Zaynab Mohammed
Zaynab Mohammed is an award-winning performance poet, born on the coast of BC Canada, to immigrant parents fleeing war torn countries. She is Iraqi, Lebanese, and Palestinian. The countries her parents grew up in, the cultures her family carries, the language of her grandmothers, the smell of tea and the taste of sweets, are what root Zaynab in her being. She pays homage to her ancestors, that carry her heavy heart, as she weaves stories and poems to share with the world. Inspired by her family’s hardships, Zaynab is a visionary creative who has been healing herself through the written word, by sharing her story and by giving her audience reflections into love and empowerment. Her latest production, Are You Listening? is based on a one-woman show, which has been touring since 2023. Zaynab currently lives and works in Nelson BC with her dog Threshold, where she hosts the Nelson Poetry Slam and writes custom poems for passersby.
Pownal Street Press is PEI’s newest publishing house. Women owned and women led, friendly, warm and professional: Pownal Street Press brings an approachable perspective to publishing books. With decades’ of experience, Pownal Street Press Co-Founders, Genevieve Loughlin and Mo Duffy Cobb have extensive publishing backgrounds across editorial, book design, marketing and sales. With distribution through Raincoast Books, Pownal Street Press’ titles have national reach but local heart. For more information about the Press and its books, please visit: www.pownalstreetpress.com.