* indicates non-SWANA kin.

Ancestral Healing + Rememberance //
Indigenous Healing + Preservation

SWANA Cultural Preservation + Education

SWANA Ethnobotany + Seeds //
Ecological Restoration

Herbalists + Holistic Healing Practitioners //
Traditional Healing + Birth Work

  • Alembique Apothecary | Berkeley, CA | An herb shop infused with Iranian lineage soulfulness, and a special selection of Iranian herbs + remedies.

  • Aysen Adelle Farag | Toronto | Plant medicine, ceremonial medicine, + ancestral remembrance.

  • Desert Seeds | Herbal product line, traditional food preparations + SWANA craft tutorials.

  • Earthseed Holistic | NYC | Herbalist + full spectrum doula.

  • Embody Birth | Bellydance for birth support.

  • Mandana Boushee | NY + online | Iranian-American community herbalist, storyteller, educator, land tender.

  • Oasis Birth Doula | Washington DC + online | Birth + postpartum doula, Moroccan closing the bones ceremony, traditional postpartum bodywork + nourishment

  • Lena Moon | Portland, OR | flower essences, plant medicine, transformational arts, ancestral healing.

  • River Rose Re-membrance | Online, California + Lebanon/SWANA | Ancestral + plantcestral re-membrance circles, plantcestral medicine line, writer + archivist.

  • Rootwork Herbals | Ithica, NY | Herbal school, plant medicine line (online), in a POC community-centered + ecologically sustainable way.

  • Root Wisdom | Oakland, CA | ancestral healing, land restoration, and plant medicine.

  • Seed, Soil, + Spirit School | Canada

  • Sukuun Holistics | Los Angeles, CA | Homeopathy, immune system education, and targeted functional nutrition. Sufi healing clinics.

  • The NAFSA Project | Traditional Moroccan postpartum medicine training.

  • Weyam Healing | Oakland, CA | Energy healer, meditation, and transformational facilitation.

Mental Health

SWANA Artists, Publications + Creators

Activism + Community Organizing

SWANA
re-memberance profiles via instagram:

@nataloush

@zikrainitiative

@thegranddaughterdiaries

@liftavolumes

@imad.91

@talesofbaladi

@lady_of_the_green

@terekbakri

@fito.sofia

@levantine.heritage

@georgian_diaspora

@anahitoferebuni

@locale_sd

@riverroseremembrance

@kifkifbledi

@palestinian_hosting_society

@diasporaletters

@maha_al_musa

@tatreezandtea

@miriam.tafsiri

@women.of.the.levant

@recyclelebanon

@zeinab.saab

@theslowfactory

@tannourine_cedar_reserve

@29cents

@yehiamoldan

@palestinianyouthmovement

@beirutriverless

@nohazayed

@arts_and_seeds

@collectiveforblackiranians

@morusan

@hiba_elgizouli

@khadijah_alsheikh

@e.o.omani.p

@hakawatieh

@fatimaoasisdoula

@copticqueerstories

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During this holy month, we reflect on how many of our cultural holidays have radically shifted in practice this year. From some of the most social + communal months in our region to those of isolation. But we are adapting & finding ways to be in
Hi there. I am Layla. A child of the northern coast + southern mountains of Lebanon, born + raised on the indigenous lands of the Tongva-Tataviam peoples known as Los Angeles, California. I currently live between these two homes, spending a large maj
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING NEW + EXCITING! Social media takeovers! Every week, HUB kin will take over our IG account & share from themselves We will also use this opportunity to introduce you to each of us with a weekly bio post about the folks behi
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Today we wish to uplift a piece of re-mebrance + ancestor reclamation around a #plantcestor that has a complicated historical context in the West that, in turn, has profoundly impacted / criminalized the culture around its use in our region— a
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We are our ancestors. They live through us & the continuum of our cultures through our oral histories. So often, these are ways and memories that are so common in our family we don’t even notice them or recognize the depth of their secrets
What an honor to host + archive this gorgeous offering! We hope to see you at the sufra every Sunday & learn from SWANA foodies, teta recipes, chefs, diaspora kids trying their best, mamas, YOU, as we carry on traditions through cooking / sharing