Najwa Zebian
lebanese-Canadian author
Najwa Zebian (born April 26, 1990) is a Lebanese-Canadian activist, author, poet, and speaker.
Early life and education
Zebian was born in Bekaa, Lebanon and moved to Ontario, Canada at sixteen during the 2006 Lebanon War. She attended the University of Western Ontario, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2010 and a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies in 2013. She continued her studies and earned a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership in 2022. She resides in London, Ontario.
Career
Zebian self-published her first book, Mind Platter, in January 2016. She described it as a "compilation of reflections on life, as seen through the eyes of an educator, student, and human who experienced her early days in silence." In its first month, Mind Platter earned $2,300, which Zebian donated to the Syrian Refugee Fund in London. She also allocated a portion of her profits to finance summer activities for city high school students. In March 2018, a revised and expanded version of Mind Platter was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Her second book, The Nectar of Pain, combined poetry and prose about the feelings elicited by romantic break-ups, was self-published in October 2016.
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