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Najwa Zebian: The Collected Poems
Najwa Zebian: The Collected Poems is an audio collection of Zebian's bestselling poetry, including the full text of Mind Platter, The Nectar of Pain, and Sparks of Phoenix. This bundled audiobook allows readers to access all of Zebian’s moving work in one place, in the author’s own voice.
10 pages, Audiobook
First published October 4, 2019
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About the author
Najwa Zebian
15 books2,132 followersNajwa Zebian is a Lebanese-Canadian author, speaker, and educator. Her passion for language was evident from a young age, as she delved into Arabic poetry and novels.
The search for a home—what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace—was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place.
Nevertheless, she completed her education, and went on to become a teacher as well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students, a group of young refugees, led her back to her original passion: writing. She began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students.
Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016, Najwa has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide.
Najwa has become a trailblazing voice for women everywhere and was name dropped by the New York Times and CBS News among others.
Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination, and abuse, Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to live, love, and create fearlessly.
The search for a home—what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace—was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place.
Nevertheless, she completed her education, and went on to become a teacher as well as a doctoral candidate in educational leadership. Her first students, a group of young refugees, led her back to her original passion: writing. She began to heal her sixteen-year-old self by writing to heal her students.
Since self-publishing her first collection of poetry and prose in 2016, Najwa has become an inspiration to millions of people worldwide.
Najwa has become a trailblazing voice for women everywhere and was name dropped by the New York Times and CBS News among others.
Drawing on her own experiences of displacement, discrimination, and abuse, Najwa uses her words to encourage others to build a home within themselves; to live, love, and create fearlessly.
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April 16, 2020
The content of these poems was too narrow to appeal to me. It's like listening to a motivational speaker in verse, "love yourself first, be sincere, and don't be afraid to dream." The nine hours doesn't venture much from that.
It's not badly written per se, but it's just not what I was looking for. For poetry, it's not very "poetic". There's not a lot of creative analogies, metaphors, etc. It's mostly straightforward and repeats the same themes over and over again.
If you're looking for self-help poetry, this could be for you. Otherwise, it'll probably be a challenge to make it all the way through the collection.
It's not badly written per se, but it's just not what I was looking for. For poetry, it's not very "poetic". There's not a lot of creative analogies, metaphors, etc. It's mostly straightforward and repeats the same themes over and over again.
If you're looking for self-help poetry, this could be for you. Otherwise, it'll probably be a challenge to make it all the way through the collection.
Displaying 1 of 1 review