How to Listen to the Voices in Ur Head and Make the Right Choices Dreams + Divination PracticesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeApril 23, 2018Astghik, divination tips, dream interpretation, folk healing, healing, inner voice, internal wisdom, intuitionComment
The Story of Rahma, a traditional qabla ("midwife") Birthing Traditions + Matriarchal MedicinesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeApril 17, 2018ChefChaouen, grandmother medicine, Issaouia, midwives, morocco, Mothers of Morocco, oral history, post-partum, qabla, reclaiming traditions, story telling, the nafsa project, traditional healingComment
learning a new language: rug symbols & patterns Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Cultural Patterns + Symbols // Textiles + WeavingSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, Georgia, Hayastan, patterns, rugs, symbols, tree of life, weavingComment
VARTIVAR: digging for the pagan roots of our holidays Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, Astghik, Festival of Roses, folk healing, Hayastan, plantcestral reflection, pre-christian, ritual, roses, Vardavar, waterComment
ancestral migration patterns Oral Histories // Family StoriesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018ancestors, ancestral re-memberance, Armenia, diaspora, Hayastan, memory, migrationComment
armenian wedding tradition: the "ghnah" Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeMarch 30, 2018Armenia, ghnah, Hayastan, henna, tradition, wedding rituals, women's ritesComment
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION... Do NOT steal my culture please! Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeOctober 13, 2017birthing traditions, cultural appropriation, decolonization, post-partum, reclaiming traditions, the nafsa project, traditional healingComment
For Teta's & Roses Art + Creative Expression, Oral Histories // Family StoriesLayla K. FeghaliMarch 18, 2017Armenia, diaspora, grandmothers, Halab, oral history, plantcestors, plantcestral medicine, plantcestral re-memberance, plantcestral reflection, poetry, roses, story telling, Syrian, TetaComment
Where does Africa end?: Bilad il Asmar - An opening conversation with Sanyika Bryant Bilad al Asmar, Reclaiming our Histories // Decolonization + LiberationSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeFebruary 15, 2017Africa, Black-SWANA Unity, Black-Arab Relations, ancestors Comments
Plantcestors & Poetry: homeward healing between the worlds Homeward Healing 2016Layla K. FeghaliAugust 5, 2016ancestral journeys, ancestral re-memberance, Egypt, Egyptian Blue Lotus, internal wisdom, Jordan, Kemet, Lebanese Cedar, Lebanon, Palestine, plantcestors, plantcestral re-memberance, plantcestral reflection, poetry, seedsComment
The Life of Flowers: An Interview with Artivist Paradise Khanmalek Art + Creative Expression, Traditional Plant + La...SWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJune 21, 2016children's book, cultural reclamation, folk traditions, gardening, herbal medicine, hyacinth, interview, Iran, land tending, mint, plantcestral medicine, plantcestral re-memberance, plantcestral reflection, reclaiming traditions, roses, sunflowerComment
Ferini: A Medicinal Dessert Recipes + RemediesSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJanuary 28, 2016dessert, folk healing, food is medicine, Iran, recipeComment
Ghost Portraits Art + Creative Expression, Ancestral Re-MembranceSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeSeptember 11, 2015ancestors, ancestral re-memberance, Art, body hair, cultural reclamation, diaspora, IranComment
Esfand: Warding off the White Gaze Cultural Traditions + Rituals, Ethnobotanical Medicine // Plantcestral ArchiveSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeJuly 2, 2015ancestral re-memberance, Art, decolonization, evil eye, folk healing, grandmother medicine, Iran, plantcestral medicine, protection, ritual, syrian rue | esfand | hermala peganum, traditional healingComment
What does "Plantcestor" mean? Ethnobotanical Medicine // Plantcestral ArchiveLayla K. FeghaliMarch 11, 2015ancestral practices, ancestral re-memberance, folk healing, indigenous wisdom, old ways, plantcestors, plantcestral medicine, plantcestral re-memberanceComment
زردچوبه | Turmeric Recipes + Remedies, Ethnobotanical Medicine // Plantcestral ArchiveSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeSeptember 24, 2014Ceremonial Healing + Rites of Passage, folk healing, food is medicine, grandmother medicine, medicinal remedy, plantcestors, plantcestral re-memberanceComment
Forgetfulness Healing, Oral Histories // Family Stories, Cultural Traditions + RitualsSWANA Ancestral HUB | re-membering ourselves homeSeptember 11, 2014ancestral practices, ancestral re-memberance, coffee divination, folk healing, grandmother medicine, medicinal remedy, memory, mental health, oral history, plantcestral reflection, resilience, story telling, Teta, traditional healing, traumaComment
Babonaj Ethnobotanical Medicine // Plantcestral ArchiveSalma Al AtassiSeptember 2, 2014chamomile | baboonaj | matricaria chamomilla, folk healing, grandmother medicine, medicinal remedy, plantcestors, plantcestral medicine, SyriaComment
Making Liberation Whole: Legacies of healing in times of genocide Healing, Reclaiming our Histories // Decolonization + LiberationLayla K. FeghaliAugust 27, 2014community liberation, decolonization, liberation movements, traditional healingComment
Here in the diaspora, ritual woke us up to the ancestor's stories Healing, Oral Histories // Family Stories, Cultural Traditions + RitualsLayla K. FeghaliMay 30, 2014ancestors, ancestral re-memberance, dessert, diaspora, easter, eastern christianity, family tradition, folk traditions, food is medicine, Lebanese Easter, m3amoul, memory, ritual, story telling, tradition Comments