We’re joined today by author Layla K Feghali to talk about cultural ties and survival to earth-based knowledge.
Layla K Feghali is a Lebanese ethnobotanist, sovereignty steward, and cultural worker and the author of he Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai. It is a layered history of the healing plants of Cana’an (the Levant) and the Crossroads (“Middle East”) and explores ways we become free from the wounds of colonization and displacement.
Recounting vivid stories, Feghali shares lineages of folk healing and eco-cultural stewardship — including those passed down by matriarchs, plants and practices of prenatal and postpartum care, mystical traditions for spiritual healing, earth-based practices for emotional wellness, plant tending for bioregional regeneration, medicinal plants and herbal protocols, cultural remedies and recipes, and more.
Our Resistance in Residence artist is Shinichi Iova-Koga. He is a multidisciplinary performer, director, and educator, and the Artistic Director of the physical theater and dance company inkBoat.
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