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Zahra Marwan

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Painter, Writer, Illustrator Bloomsbury, Random House, Macmillan, Enchanted Lion Books and Astra Books 📚 https://zahramarwan.com/ Kuwait + New Mexico Rep: Writers House NYC Hecho a Mano Santa Fe

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · 6d

The Mataqi home after so many years, with all affection. The mosque on the corner, leaning on people we love - life long friends who helped my mom take care of my dad the last few weeks of his life in their home.

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · 15d

Grim politics and saffron cake
Areej and the sea cats.
Al-Andalous, Ardiya, the lightheartedness she brings.

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · 21d

Ahmed by chance

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · 26d

The Yemeni next to me had a cake for her sister from Chicago to Jeddah. Qatar is attacked by Israel. In-transit flight home, I eat dates.

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 30

my living room

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 27

My Sister the Apple Tree written by Jamal Saeed and Jordan Scott in the @soi128.bsky.social original art exhibit!

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Under the quiet New Mexican sky

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 25

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 22

A Kuwaiti in New Mexico (Still).

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 21

-Novelist-in-progress at the flamenco tablao
-Art critic and his canary Scheherazade at Zendo Coffee

Summer in Albuquerque

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 20

Palestinians in Albuquerque's Westside have no right of return, and are so generous with the little they have.

In the home of my mom's dear friend Iman, growing fruit trees in the mesa suburb.

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 19

I listened to María
at the Zamora family party

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Aug 7

My first book was one of ten New York Times Best Illustrated, an NPR Best Book, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor for illustration, and received an award from the UN Human Rights Commission for art that brings visibility to minority, indigenous, and stateless rights.

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#kidlitartpostcard

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Reposted by Zahra Marwan

Kari C Tajaran @aquietcrow.bsky.social · Jun 17

From Seeing the Same Sky

16x20in
Acrylic on Canvas
Glaze on low intensity

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jul 26

“I got a halal bathing suit”
“Our bathing suits are definitely not halal”

Tatreez and flowers all around her, chicken shawarma and cola, the Rio Grande Pool with Ameerah

@ameerahbadr.bsky.social

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jul 9

The fortune teller, the bakers pants, my mom's dream after my father's death, the coffee reading #portfolioday

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jul 4

This means so much to me. Thank you Priscilla!

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you Jessie 🥰

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hello #kidlitartpostcard
I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies.

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Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jun 22

Mabrouk Nabil, this is so well-deserved. I wish I lived close enough to go see it.

Zahra Marwan @zahra-marwan.bsky.social · Jun 16

I have a letter my father left me that says "I sleep oppressed, knowing at least that I'm not an oppressor"

In the Grief Issue of
@arablit.bsky.social

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