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SUMMARY:STARFest Presents: Zeina Sleiman
DESCRIPTION:Join Zeina Sleiman in conversation with Sumaiya Matin as they 
 discuss Where the Jasmine Blooms. \n\nIn Where the Jasmine Blooms\, Two 
 Palestinian cousins with very different lives meet in Lebanon and discover 
 their family’s political secrets amid the 2006 Israel-Lebanon 
 war.\n\nZeina Sleiman is a Palestinian Canadian writer based in Edmonton. 
 In 2025\, her Short Story My Father's Soil was shortlisted for the CBC 
 Short Story Prize and she was listed among 22 Canadian writers to watch. 
 Her debut fiction Where the Jasmine Blooms is a finalist for the Forest of 
 Reading Evergreen Award. She has a PhD in Political Science and her writing 
 often draws on her academic background and research interests. \n\n
LOCATION:Forsyth Hall (Downtown Library - 5 St. Anne Street)
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Ruel":MAILTO:jruel@sapl.ca
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CONTACT;CN="Julie Ruel":MAILTO:jruel@sapl.ca
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