Writing in the Wound

<p><em><strong>What happens when your scars begin to speak?</strong></em></p><p><strong>For Dr. Shumaila Hemani music began as a calling. It unfolded into a life path through a rare human connection with eminent ethnomusicologist Prof. Regula Burckhardt Qureshi whose faith in her awakened the courage to risk everything for the artist's path.</strong></p><p><strong>Spanning nearly two decades - from 2006 to the present - across the academic corridors of Harvard and the University of Alberta to the soundscapes of London Boston Chicago Edmonton Mumbai Karachi Calgary Banff and Toronto and a world odyssey aboard a floating campus </strong><em><strong>Writing in the Wound</strong></em><strong> is a story of resilience and fragile belonging of visibility and erasure and of the power of art - in particular Sufi music - to transmute pain into wisdom.</strong></p><p><strong>It is an intimate testament to truth and vulnerability in the face of institutional silencing immigration precarity and the long endurance toward permanent belonging.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> Shumaila Hemani 's work is multifaceted beautifully lyrical and crystal clear. </strong></p><p><strong> - Barb Howard author of Happy Sands University of Calgary Press. </strong></p><p><strong> Writing in the Wound contributes to collective human strength to heal the planet- in such a loving powerful way. </strong></p><p><strong> - Norine Braun Award-winning Indigenous Singer-Songwriter</strong></p><p><br> </p>