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Still basking in the joy and delight from our London launch at @root25ldn!

#wayfjournal #literature #arts #londoncreatives by @wayfjournal

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What a successful launch event in London for the second issue of wayfjournal at @root25ldn ✨ A TIME WAS HAD! It was such a honour to have some of our phenomenal contributors @crossingthemeadow @warren.clementson and @rahelatheauthor share their work with our lovely audience who came from far and wide to support us! Creating spaces that bring impactful art and literature to life in shared spaces is one of the many reasons we started WAYF and we look forward to having many more events in the future! You can still order your copy of the first and second issues of our magazine via the link in our bio ✨💜 taken in Root 25 by @wayfjournal

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See you tonight, London! ✨🥰 by @wayfjournal

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Meet the incredible Kinda Abdus-Saboor.

Both a writer and a lawyer, her work mirrors the complexities and idiosyncrasies of her own life, touching on the intersection of her faith, identity, and self-understanding.

Her powerful non-fiction "A Whole People" is featured in our second edition.
Available in digital and print on our website. taken in Atlanta, GA by @wayfjournal

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Only 2.5 days to go until our London event. Grab the last tickets at link in bio 🎤 taken in Root 25 by @wayfjournal

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Our phenomenal poetry editor @rakayaesime talks about her editing process, what maximalism means to her and her top advice for emerging poets!

You can order a copy of Issue 2 via the link in our bio to read the beautiful poems featured in it, and if you’re in London, grab tickets to our launch where you can purchase a copy in person ✨

#wayfjournal #poetry #maximalism #emergingpoets by @wayfjournal

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We absolutely love learning more about the authors behind the incredible stories and poems in WAYF Issue 2.

Here's the incomparable Barâa telling us about the inspiration behind her short story "A Hammam in Sousse". Thank you Barâa for writing such a wonderful story and for taking us behind the scenes on some of your thought processes behind it.

🎉There are new print copies available for issue 2 on our website. taken in Toronto, Canada by @wayfjournal

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My work is in this beautiful journal @wayfjournal and it’s finally here in my home. Thank you to Sahra and Suad for creating such a brilliant book and thank you to @ambatakazi for taking such care of my work. Angeli Patel, I am in awe of your work. Thank you for your illustrations, it made the story that much more special. by @wayfjournal

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Hey London! Join us for a special UK launch of our second edition at the most wonderful café in London: @root25ldn

We're very excited for @warren.clementson @suadkamardeen @rahelatheauthor @sahra.malin and @crossingthemeadow to read some of their work for you.

Sign up via link in bio! by @wayfjournal

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A surreal and beautiful way to start my sabbatical with my copy of @wayfjournal in the mail (all the way from Germany!). My short story a “A Hammam in Sousse” is in this issue and I’m excited for you to read it. Order your copy!

Thank you to @ambatakazi who asked me all the right questions in the editing process. Thank you to all the editors and founders at @wayfjournal for making space for these stories. Beautiful art by @ik_nnadiarts and @angeli__patel

(Also I haven’t filmed/edited video in a long time so please forgive the jump cuts etc. I’m just very excited!!)

Many years ago, in an art history course, I came across an orientalist painting of a “Turkish bath.” The painting told me more of the disturbing fantasies of the Western European male painters, who were (rightfully) barred from such spaces reserved for local women and girls. These images bothered me, not just from an academic perspective (eventually, my research focused on the orientalist gaze and colonial culture obsessed with “unveiling”) but also from an artistic perspective.

With this story, I wanted to remove the hammam from this highly eroticized and timeless past that was conjured for male voyeurs to justify and even ‘purify’ violent colonial acts. I wanted instead to write about the hammam where my grandmother and mother brought me, the hammam that cleanses the soul, the hammam that transform the feminine body. by @wayfjournal

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Meet Eiliyas, a Macon born, Atlanta bred, Berlin-based artist working with music, sound design, creative writing and conceptual art.

We're delighted to feature his poem "Somewhere Between The Lines" in issue 2 of WAYF Journal.

For this Q&A Eiliyas walked us through his creative process and shared some visuals that embody that process.

"I usually write during the morning with a coffee and another book in case I don't feel like writing."

He is currently finishing up a composition that was cultivated during the Affirmations program as well as getting ready for the next edition of Black Communion (September 24th!).

You can follow him on IG at @ibeeiliyas, @mixtapemenage and @blackcommunion or simply check out his website at eiliyas.com. taken in Berlin, Germany by @wayfjournal

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Some impressions of our launch event last week at the lovely @chapters_berlin 🥰 taken in Berlin, Germany by @wayfjournal

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