Columbus Storytellers: Poet Sara Abou Rashed to explain uniting power of cookies
Danae King
Sara Abou Rashed is known for being a local poet and performer behind the one-woman show "A Map of Myself."
She will take the stage at 7 p.m. on June 15 to share how her mother’s cookie recipe helped her form a friendship with an unlikely neighbor as part of the Columbus Storyteller’s Project event Neighbors at the Columbus Athenaeum.
The event is sponsored by The Columbus Dispatch and Rashed will be joined by four other local storytellers.
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Her story — “Cookie Chronicles” — was inspired by her experiences of food bringing people together, despite their differences.
“A country is two neighbors stitched at a time — cookies may just be the thread,” she said.
Get your tickets! See Abou Rashed tell her story live June 15 at the Columbus Athenaeum
The 22-year-old Muslim woman formed a bond with a Christian, conservative neighbor in her 60s.
Rashed insists her mother’s Palestinian recipe for special Eid cookies was the key and that food can help turn even though most different neighbors into friends.
“My mother is the best cookie maker and giver out there,” Rashed said. “She becomes fond of people very quickly and easily, she immediately starts giving them sweets and foods, which is all anyone needs to make others smile.”
How to attend the Columbus Storytellers Project event in June
WHAT: The Columbus Storytellers Project event Neighbors presented by The Columbus Dispatch
WHO: Poet Storyteller Sara Abou Rashed and four others — Sophia Fifner, Sheridan Hendrix, Cody F. Miller and Felicia DeRosa — will share their stories.
WHERE: Columbus Athenaeum, 32 North 4th St., Columbus
WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15. Doors open at 6 p.m.
COST: General admission is $12 at dispatch.com/attendstorytellers
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