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Selam, dear ones. Vadi Arzu here. I’ve had the honor of managing + co-curating the SWANA Ancestral HUB IG for the last little while. Such a privilege to be able to hold space / cross pollinate with our radiantly diverse HUB community + a warm t
During this holy month, we reflect on how many of our cultural holidays have radically shifted in practice this year. From some of the most social + communal months in our region to those of isolation. But we are adapting & finding ways to be in
Hi there. I am Layla. A child of the northern coast + southern mountains of Lebanon, born + raised on the indigenous lands of the Tongva-Tataviam peoples known as Los Angeles, California. I currently live between these two homes, spending a large maj
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING NEW + EXCITING! Social media takeovers! Every week, HUB kin will take over our IG account & share from themselves We will also use this opportunity to introduce you to each of us with a weekly bio post about the folks behi
We are really excited to share a couple of short films we archived on the HUB website earlier this month Thank you to @chaikhanamedia for your generosity in bringing these films to a larger audience Both short documentaries follow traditional spiri
Reflecting on these simple pleasures that stem from deep wisdom as shared by SWANA kin @vivien.sansour: • “According to Palestinian wisdom there are only two things we need to survive: flour and oil. And God knows we have experienced a lot
In honor of the resilience of intergenerational genocide survivors on the 105th anniversary of the Armenian + Assyrian + Anatolian Greek genocide, we share a beautiful post from our dear HUB kin @desert_seeds. We re-member with you. We celebrate your
So many of our plans have changed. Our futures have become uncertain. Many of us in diaspora were preparing to return to homelands. Today we share from HUB kin @noddingthistleandrosemilk, as she connects to #plancestors through memory to soothe the a
Today we wish to uplift a piece of re-mebrance + ancestor reclamation around a #plantcestor that has a complicated historical context in the West that, in turn, has profoundly impacted / criminalized the culture around its use in our region— a
Last weekend, we shared lovely stories about a sacred #plantcestor— wheat— in honor of Eastern Easter. Today we are sharing about about m3amool to echo tradition + honor our Orthodox kin. Happy Easter to those who are celebrating today /
We are our ancestors. They live through us & the continuum of our cultures through our oral histories. So often, these are ways and memories that are so common in our family we don’t even notice them or recognize the depth of their secrets
What an honor to host + archive this gorgeous offering! We hope to see you at the sufra every Sunday & learn from SWANA foodies, teta recipes, chefs, diaspora kids trying their best, mamas, YOU, as we carry on traditions through cooking / sharing
Our resilience in difficult periods is strengthened by our SWANA rituals, relationship to the earth, song + dance, folk medicine, stories, traditional arts, our food. Hxstorically, we have been through it all. It is our collective memory that sustai
On this aries 🌑 new moon, we wanted to bring y’all a bittersweet autobiographical hikâye from HUB kin @ilhando86. With many of you sheltering in place, it’s the perfect opportunity to follow the link to our HUB in bio, curl up some
NOWRUZ MUBARAK / NOORUZ MOBARAK / NEWRUZ PÎROZ BE / نوروز مبارک / BLESSED AKITU / MİRAÇ KANDİLİNİZ KUTLU OLSUN • Sharing in the intentions + prayers + songs of HUB kin @noddingthistleandrosemilk as the wheel turns & she welcome