Etaf Rum

thank you @time for naming EVIL EYE as one of the 23 most anticipated books of 2023! 🧿 #evileye #evileyeetafrum #awomanisnoman #booksandbeans

Today was a beautiful opening day for @habibtibookshop ! Our nonprofit book truck is here to uplift marginalized voices, amplify Palestinian stories, and support those in need. 🇵🇸 So excited to be building this dream with @cecchireads ! Stay tuned — we’ll be posting our calendar soon so you can come find us! 🧡 Special thank you to @pacellisbakery for our homemade baked goods… coming soon! 🙃 #indiebooks #habibtibookshop #habibtibooks #palestine

I’m so grateful for @jennabhager and the @todayshow for having me on the show this morning—it was a dream! I was so nervous before I went on air, but luckily I was surrounded with people I love, both on set, back home, and here. ♥️ Thank you to all my readers for tuning in and reading along! I’m so lucky to have you. Alhamdullilah for everything. Link in bio. 🙏🏻 #readwithjenna #awomanisnoman

Two weeks ago, Etaf Rum read passages from her book A Woman is No Man while Jennifer Curtis and I performed music and improvised, navigating the emotional landscape of her stores in real time. The audience wept. The audience wants this to be a film. We want to keep telling these stories.

NYT bestselling author Etaf Rum, violinist Jennifer Curtis, cellist Grace Lin Anderson. This Sunday. Etaf Rum’s novels detail the nuances of how immigrants forge an identity in a new land — the intergenerational tension, the tug between tradition and having the courage to live one’s own life authentically. This Sunday, Jennifer and I bring those stories to life with sound, through improv, the Kodály Duo, and beloved melodies of Umm Kulthum and Fairouz. One of the most meaningful collaborations of my year. 📆 Sunday, April 26 • 3-5pm 📍 Hickory Choral Society Rehears Hall • SALT Block, Hickory, NC 🎟️ /up-close-and-personal/

I’m honored to be part of the Virgin Islands Literary Festival in St. Croix. This beautiful festival brought together voices from across the Caribbean and beyond through panels, readings, workshops, and conversations that remind us why our stories matter. Grateful to share this space with such powerful voices and new friends. Thank you to Alscess and everyone at St. Croix 🤍

This Saturday, I’ll be starting a four-week online workshop to explore how we can break free from inherited scripts and live more intentionally. We’ll dive into ambition, identity, and the subtle ways self-betrayal can shape our lives. If you’re interested, a few spots are still open. Comment “seminar” or send me a DM for details.

For the past few months, I’ve been thinking about ambition, direction, and where we may be living from conditioning rather than conscious choice. It’s possible to be competent, responsible, even successful, and still not free. In March, I’m hosting a small 4-week seminar for people who want to stop living reactively (to family, culture, success, failure, applause, rebellion) and start choosing deliberately. We’ll meet once a week for 90 minutes to examine: – freedom and identity – self-betrayal vs self-authorship – the difference between conditioning and deliberate choice – what it means to live in a way you can stand behind If this resonates, comment “Seminar” or send me a DM. Spots will be limited to keep the group intimate. Link in bio.

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Every drop of my blood is Palestinian

Join our creative writing workshop this Saturday, Jan 17th at 9am at @rockymountmills atrium of Hopfly Brewing & Bright Penny @habibtibookshop

After so many requests from our community, we’re thrilled to introduce our newest offering: a creative writing workshop with @etafrum 📝 This workshop is an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and explore writing as a tool for understanding yourself more deeply. Through gentle prompts, guided reflection, and simple writing practices, we’ll use words to explore what you’re carrying, what you’re feeling, and what wants to be expressed. This is a space to write without pressure, without judgment, and without needing to get anything “right.” In this workshop, we will: • use writing as a way to process emotion and experience • reconnect with your voice and inner clarity • move through blocks, self-doubt, and overthinking • explore creativity as a form of self-care and healing • leave with new pages and a deeper sense of connection to yourself No experience required. Just bring yourself and a notebook. When: Saturday, Jan 17th at 9am Where: @rockymountmills atrium of Hopfly Brewing & Bright Penny #habibtibookshop #creativewriting #writingworkshop #rockymount #wip