Nectar of Pain

Najwa Zebian (born in Bekaa, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Canadian poet, author, educator, and activist who moved to Ontario, Canada at sixteen during the 2006 Lebanon War. She earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership. Working as a teacher, she began writing to connect with her students, many of them young refugees, and in doing so found a way to heal her own experience of displacement and abuse. Her debut collection, Mind Platter (Andrews McMeel, 2018), drew on those reflections. Subsequent collections include The Nectar of Pain (2018) and Sparks of Phoenix (2019). Her work has been featured in the New York Times and she founded Soul Academy, a digital school for personal development.