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[Updated Post] Celebrating 50 years of SNL by highlighting MENA performers who've shined on our screens! 🌟 Who's your favorite SNL artist? Tell us in the comments below!

#SNL50 #saturdaynightlive #menarrative #menaartsnews #ramy #nasimpedrad #salmahayek #ramimalek #aristotleathari #elyanna #emilwakim by @the_menarrative

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Read through our highlights of notable MENA authors who used writing to spark world-changing, important conversations! 💙📚✍🏻

#mena #iran #egypt #middleeast #northafrica #azarnafisi #naguibmahfouz #nawalelsaadawi #bookstagram #reading #authors #writers #writerscommunity #bookrecs by @the_menarrative

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3 years ago

Tag yourself as MENA female TV Characters! 👇🏼 Out of these shows, what’s your favorite? by @the_menarrative

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4 years ago

"A ten out of ten investment is an investment in yourself."

Author, screenwriter, producer, and former kickboxing champion(?!) Anisa Ashabi talks bringing her YA novel, Finding Chaz, from page to screen, the realities of independent filmmaking, and the power of community in making a project happen. 💪🏻✨

LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY or wherever you get your podcasts! by @the_menarrative

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🎞️ Recap of our short film fest with @the_menarrative & a special thank you to @midnightbooksla for being the best venue partner! | 🌴 Can’t wait to see you this Fall for more Palm Collective events!

#LosAngelesEvents #LA #Community #Film by @the_menarrative

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"It's imperative to bring people back to this homeostasis of empathy and silliness and love and care for each other."

Actor, writer, educator, and khoresh bademjan-lover Awni Abdi-Bahri shares her compelling journey from being a pre-dental student to her pandemic identity crisis to ultimately embracing her authentic voice in her dark comedy vertical series, DARK CIRCLES, now in production. All the messy good stuff !

Listen now on Spotify: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/7rqShyoYB4b 🎬✨😵‍💫

About Awni: Awni is an award winning storyteller based in Los Angeles and New York City. She has performed on Broadway in POTUS (Shubert Theatre); Off-Broadway: Persian Pod (Ars Nova), Bismillah (Wild Project), and The Welcoming Committee (The Lark); Regional: Wish You Were Here (South Coast Repertory), (Yale Repertory); In TV and Film: Girls on the Bus (HBO Max), Evil (Paramount+), Ahamed’s Ramadan Diary (Comedy Central), and Eradication (Tubi). Her latest play, Three Tall Persian Women, had its world premiere at Shakespeare and Company to glowing reviews. Currently, Awni is the creator, showrunner, and lead in the comedic vertical series, DARK CIRCLES. She holds an MFA in Acting from Columbia University. More at @awni.joon by @the_menarrative

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Join us as Donna Ghorbanpoor shares her journey from interior design in Wisconsin to writing her debut YA novel, Oh My Affogato. 💛☕ Discover how her Persian roots, writing rituals, and love for storytelling led her to create a lighthearted escape set against the stunning backdrop of Italy! 🍋✨

You should go listen now!!

#ohmyaffogato #ya #literature #podcast #themenarrative by @the_menarrative

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5 months ago

🎞️ TONIGHT! Come watch these amazing shorts + meet the filmmakers! All happening at @midnightbooksla at 5:30pm

#Events #Film #LA #Community by @the_menarrative

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🎥 What to expect tomorrow: social + networking hour (ft. 3 amazing vendors @lucysshai @elmukhtar_ @momosbakeryy) followed by 5 student short films and a filmmaker panel to close out the event. Hope to see you there!

🔗 Ticket link in bio! $5 before the event | $10 at the door

#LAEvents #FilmScreening #LosAngeles #Community by @the_menarrative

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☕️🍰🥙 SO excited to announce our vendors for this Sunday’s film screening + social! Come through to see student shorts + meet new people in the incredible @midnightbooksla space 📚 taken in Arts District, Los Angeles by @the_menarrative

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"I wanted to tell this story so that a girl could open this up and say, 'I see myself. She gets me. I'm not alone." 💙

Rebecca Morrison, author of The Blue Dress, talks about her childhood struggles with body image and her strained mother-daughter relationship, finding belonging as an Iranian immigrant, and dreams of becoming the next Mindy Kaling! You can find her at rebeccakmorrison.com.

Listen now wherever you stream your podcasts!

#rebeccamorrison #thebluedress #YA #themenarrative #podcast by @the_menarrative

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🎞️ This Sunday! Palm Collective + The Menarrative are so excited to be hosting our short film fest at @midnightbooksla | Come through to watch 5 student shorts, meet other creatives, and experience our filmmaker panel.

🔗 Tickets + RSVP linked in bio

#ShortFilmFest #LosAngeles #Film #Creative #LAEvents taken in Arts District Los Angeles by @the_menarrative

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