Join author Zeina Sleiman in conversation with Tendisai Cromwell to celebrate the launch of Where the Jasmine Blooms.
About the author:
Zeina Sleiman is a Palestinian Canadian writer and educator based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (also known as Edmonton). She was born in Abu Dhabi and grew up between Montreal, Ottawa, and Lebanon. She is the recipient of grants from the Silk Road Institute and the Canada Council for the Arts. Where the Jasmine Blooms is her debut fiction.
About Tendisai Cromwell
Tendisai Cromwell is a writer, podcaster, and media arts manager. She is the the former executive director of the Regent Park Film Festival andthe former host of the podcast The Story So Far about the lives and creative practices of Canadian Muslim artists. Tendisai writes fiction, essays, and poetry and most often explores faith, nature, and the nuances of identity and belonging. She has been published in BESIDE magazine, Santa Ana River Review, and elsewhere. One of her short stories was shortlisted for the 2017 Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for Faith and Writing.
