How do place and inheritance shape our sense of identity? In this virtual panel discussion, join memoirists Roza Nozari, Eufemia Fantetti, and Alexandra C. Yeboah for a thoughtful conversation about diaspora, belonging, and the pull of places that are both distant and deeply personal.
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Roza Nozari is a writer, artist, and therapist. Her work weaves together writing and visual art to share stories of wounding, healing, and community.
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Eufemia Fantetti’s (she/her) My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me: A Memoir (Finalist, 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards) details growing up with immigrant Southern Italian parents who struggled with mental illness.
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Alexandra C. Yeboah (she/her) is a Brampton-based writer and storyteller. She writes stories that explore identity, discovery and belonging. Her work also appears in UpRising and The Art of Solidarity anthologies.
Omar Mouallem (he/him) is an author, filmmaker, educator, and the former editor-in-chief of Edify magazine. His book, How Muslims Shaped the Americas, was named one of The Globe and Mail’s 100 best books of 2021, and his documentary, The Lebanese Burger Mafia, which documents the unlikely link between fast-food and Lebanon’s civil war, was nominated for a James Beard Media Award honouring the world’s best food-related storytelling. Omar is also the founder of PanU School of Writing, a virtual school he founded in support of writers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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