27 January 2022
From 'Prayer & Breath': A Short Film
Watch Jinling Wu's evocative short film interpretation of an excerpt of Nadine Aisha Jassat's poem 'Prayer & Breath', first published in Issue 108: House of Wisdom.
My first words were a prayer:
Lips pressed against the wooden shelf...
The full poem is available to read in Issue 108: House of Wisdom
Nadine Aisha Jassat is an award-winning writer, and the author of Let Me Tell You This (404 Ink, 2019). She has been published widely, including in It’s Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race, Nasty Women, and Staying Human. The recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, Nadine lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Jinling Wu is a director and writer based in Edinburgh. She is drawn to the aesthetics of the ordinary and creates with a minimalist sensibility. Her creative works have been shown at the Lift-off sessions at Pinewoods Studio, Fringe of Color Festival, Stanza International Poetry Festival, REEL poetry/Houston TX, The International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv, and Edinburgh Multicultural Festival.
Wasafiri 108, on the libraries and literatures of Islam, is available to order now.
My first words were a prayer:
Lips pressed against the wooden shelf...
The full poem is available to read in Issue 108: House of Wisdom
Nadine Aisha Jassat is an award-winning writer, and the author of Let Me Tell You This (404 Ink, 2019). She has been published widely, including in It’s Not About the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race, Nasty Women, and Staying Human. The recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, Nadine lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Jinling Wu is a director and writer based in Edinburgh. She is drawn to the aesthetics of the ordinary and creates with a minimalist sensibility. Her creative works have been shown at the Lift-off sessions at Pinewoods Studio, Fringe of Color Festival, Stanza International Poetry Festival, REEL poetry/Houston TX, The International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv, and Edinburgh Multicultural Festival.
Wasafiri 108, on the libraries and literatures of Islam, is available to order now.