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A Woman is a School is the first memoir and cultural anthropological book by Slow Factory founder, Céline Semaan.

As a war-survivor and child refugee sharing endangered and discredited ancestral knowledge of the Global South, particularly tales from Lebanon from 1948 to 2023—the book follows the tradition of the hakawati, the storytellers of the Levant, holding Indigenous knowledge and wisdom, Céline Semaan, a hakawati herself, documents what she has witnessed throughout her life and the lives of her family members, sharing her upbringing and cultures of resistance.

Book Tour Dates

17 Dec 2024 | Los Angeles, CA

Nor Black Nor White

29 Nov 2024 | London, UK

22 Nov 2024 | Indianapolis, IN

20 Nov 2024 | Chicago, IL

with Jamila Woods

7 Nov 2024 | New York

with Najla Said

Rescheduled: TBD | Miami, FL

with Suja Al Sawafta

Rescheduled: TBD | Atlanta, GA

with Sha’Mira Covington

24 oct 2024 | Houston, TX

5 Oct 2024 | Montréal, QC

with Daniele-Jocelyne Otou & Erin Willett of New Room

5 Oct 2024 | Montréal, QC

with Sundus

29 Sep 2024 | Brooklyn, NY

28 Sep 2024 | Baltimore, MD

with Jennifer White Johnson

26 Sep 2024 | New York, NY

with Sasha Bonet

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