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Super Important Filipina Thoughts

by (author) Alia Ceniza Rasul

Publisher
ANAK Publishing Worker Cooperative Ltd.
Initial publish date
Apr 2021
Category
General, Women Authors
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780987856760
    Publish Date
    Apr 2021
    List Price
    $19.95

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Super Important Filipina Thoughts is a collection of hilariously irreverent poetry by Filipina comedian, Alia Ceniza Rasul. The collection reflects Rasul’s musings on identity, family, navigating relationships and friendships, and growing up Filipina. There is more than one poem about suman.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Alia Ceniza Rasul is an award-winning artist based in Toronto, Canada. On her mother’s side of the family she is Bisaya, from Dumaguete. On her father’s side she is Tausug, from Jolo, Sulu. She identifies as a Filipina muslim. She was born in the Philippines but grew up in the Middle East, spending most of her childhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She officially became a Canadian immigrant after completing her Economics and Psychology degree at McGill University in Montreal.

With a passion for telling stories about the Filipin* diaspora, Alia has created, produced and performed in multiple award winning projects including Tawa and Island Womxn Rise, annual, sold-out Filipin* comedy festivals, Kwento, an improvised Filipin* folktale, the sketch comedy revue Tita Jokes, and her play, Tang Ina. Alia is a co-founder of the Tita Collective, a sisterhood of Filipina theatre artists. Additionally, she works with Bespoke Collective, a creative consultancy at the intersection of culture, public good and the future.

For more information about her work, visit www.aliarasul.com

Excerpt: Super Important Filipina Thoughts (by (author) Alia Ceniza Rasul)

i didn't choose to be filipina but i didn't fully live until i embraced it