noa avishag schnall

after 3 years, i just released my 1st book

for travelers
for those on a journey of identity
for those trying to find their way home

equally, for those who enjoy stories of hijinks, preposterous extrications, + the generosity of strangers.
this is one experience with the vastness of Oman.
my first book is based on the post-quarantine journals i kept while on the road.
272 pages replete with photographs + hand-drawn maps.
available for preorder now.

publisher: 24°36°
designer: Marouan Jamai
proofing: Empty Quarter Press

check out the promo reel here
+ get a copy

my newest piece in DISCONTENT mag, issue 5
+ my first time writing something that includes an element of personal family narrative incorporated into the journalism.
here's a reel on the story
arabic version available here with Raseef22

you will have to build your home
one stone at a time.
it will not find you.
you of the journeyed people
you of the no country.

do not forget your lineage, do not shrink, do not bend yourself, do not shift your tongue for anyone. whenever you forget who you are, remember the history you have inherited.

now, speak.

// ijeoma umebinyuo

the first story i wrote + photographed for THE NEW YORK TIMES made the front page of the international edition.
i’m overwhelmed.
read the digital version in the post below.

my new story is up on THE NEW YORK TIMES here
written + photographed by me
thank you to all the brave people who gave me their time

haven’t uploaded a moleskine page in a while

« what have you ever traveled toward
more than your own safety? »
-excerpt from LUCILLE CLIFTON‘s
“four notes to clark kent: further note to clark”

i am my own nation
my ancestors within me