Welcome to a new column dedicated to archiving folk knowledge and stories from our Armenian kin. Inspired by the many lovely posts I see from my SWANA Armenian friends just floating around social media, I wanted to create a space to honor and archive these precious stories in a more stable way. If you are…
I have been trying to stimulate my creative spirit more lately. The other night, I was inspired in my sleeplessness to write after my first joure rose (damascus rose) bloomed. This particular rose was gifted to my by an Armenian-Syrian grandmother who is a friend of my mother’s here in LA. She brought it herself all…
Esfand: Warding off the White Gaze By Tala Khanmalek esfand o esfand doone esfand 33 doone betarake cheshme bakhil, hasood, o bigane -song for esfand Latin name: Peganum Harmala Arabic: Harmal, Harmel English: Syrian Rue, Wild Rue, African Rue *note: this plant is not related to common Rue, the Herb of Grace, aka. Ruta Graveolens,…
Written by, Nayrouz Abu Hatoum “This is why God created forgetfulness”, my grandmother said. My neighbor, who was almost my age, lost her father to death that day.
Thank you for joining this hub, (which is the Arabic word for “love”), dedicated to archiving knowledge collected about the physical and sacred/energetic uses of plants, animal, and minerals/gemstones and other medicinal and traditional practices ancestral to South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. Feel welcome to add any insight you have gathered…
