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Carolyn Ramzy Named a Finalist for the 2026 Ottawa Book Awards September 23, 2026 – Posted in: Awards, From the Publisher, Poetry

We are delighted to share that Mawenzi House author Carolyn Ramzy has been named a finalist for the 2026 Ottawa Book Awards for her poetry collection, Taslīm: We Are the Prophets, Poems on a Coptic Girlhood. Published by Mawenzi House, Taslīm is a powerful exploration of Coptic girlhood, womanhood, faith, diaspora, inheritance, and belonging. Through poetry, Ramzy examines the responsibilities placed upon Coptic women as carriers of ancestral knowledge and tradition, while also reckoning with…

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Book Launch & Conversation: Hope and Despair by Monia Mazigh

Join Mawenzi House Publishers for the launch of the second, revised edition of Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband from a Black Site by Monia Mazigh. Featuring a substantial new foreword reflecting on 25 years after the beginning of the War on Terror, this new edition revisits Mazigh’s powerful account of her struggle to free her husband from detention in Syria and the personal and political circumstances surrounding his ordeal. For this…

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Celebrating the Montréal Launch of I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes by Moustapha Mohamed Chein – Posted in: Highlights, Poetry, Readings & Excerpts

On September 10, 2026, Mawenzi House Publishers joined readers, friends and members of Montréal’s literary community at Argo Bookshop to celebrate the launch of Moustapha Mohamed Chein’s poetry collection, I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes. It was an evening of poetry, music, conversation, and community, bringing together readers to celebrate Moustapha and the arrival of his new collection. Moustapha read selections from I Was Born with Sand in My Eyes, allowing the audience…

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