Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽) @ZainabBobi Twitter profile

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

2 years

My experimental poem is finally out in the current issue of @strangehorizons 🤭 Thanks to the editor @thevanessajae for picking my poem. I enjoyed working with her. 🤗 Like, Comment, Share, and Feast. 😘

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

I will be attending Cave Canem Fellowship InshaAllah. I have been granted the Carolyn Micklem Scholarship by @cavecanempoets ! This wouldn't have been possible without ALL of you. Thank you so so so so much. 🤍 Your donations and love made my dream a reality. I'm grateful. 🙇🏽‍♀️

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@NotNowNicole

6 months

Update to everyone! Zaynab WILL be attending Cave Canem! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Thanks to you all, we've raised a total of $3,520, and she's recently received a $750 scholarship that will be enough to completely cover the rest. Immense thanks to EVERYONE. this is what community looks like!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

this is real. i still can't believe i won such a huge prize. i'm grateful to @cavecanempoets , @omiamifestival & to @tarabetts 🙏🏽. thank you. thank you. AlhamdulilLah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

I am thrilled that I got into the Cave Canem Fellowship, but sad that I can't attend because of the travel expenses 😩. Hopefully, someday, when I'm in a better position, I will become a Cave Canem Fellow. Thank you @cavecanempoets 🙏🏾

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 months

AlhamdulilLah. AlhamdulilLah. AlhamdulilLah. Qualified. Certified. Licenced. I hereby present to you, MLSct. Zainab Iliyasu Bobi.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

Guysss, my third chapbook made it to the finalist of the @ChestnutReview Autumn Reading Period Chapbook Contest. 😭 AlhamdulilLah.

Chestnut Review

@ChestnutReview

6 months

@ChestnutReview is glad to announce our Autumn Reading Period Chapbook Finalists. Congratulations to our finalist 💫🌰 @ZainabBobi @MarioAliberto3 @TiffanyPromise

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

I will always give my appreciation to Allah. He did this, not me. & to my parents, only Allah can repay them for making sure that I went to sch—even when none of them attained a degree. I'm now a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science, a first-class graduate. AlhamdulilLah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

I passed my professional exam guys! I can now be referred to as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (approved by the council) 🥺. AlhamdulilLah. 🤲🏾

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

Hi everyone, I would like to extend my appreciation to everything for the donation, good wishes, sharing, and congratulatory messages. I would love to reply to all of them now but I can't because I'm preparing for my final professional exam (20-21st). Thank you for your support

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

@AbduljalaalMusa Su ne "the Northern youth" that are protesting against it eh 🤣🤣🤣

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

I am going to do a thing on the 27th. I am going to be inducted into the Medical Laboratory Profession. If you are in Sokoto, come celebrate with me.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

My debut chapbook "Sixteen Songs of Loss" a finalist in the 2023 Sundress Publication Chapbook Competition judged by @RitaMookerjee , has been selected for publication by @SundressPub . Congrats to the winners! A bunch of appreciation to the team and judge. Alhamdulillah. Always

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Therapist: No matter what, do not shut down. Cyborg: hold my hand, take me home, I will breathe in this poem. ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

I finally got into @PoetryColumnNnd after receiving 24 rejections. "Invisibility" opened the door for me. Please do read.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

Cover unveiled! In anticipation of my chapbook release reading coming up on the 16th, I'm thrilled to unveil the cover of my debut chapbook, “Cadaver of Red Roses”, published by @omiamifestival as the winner of the ninth Derricotte/Eddy Prize @cavecanempoets . (1/2)

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

I'm Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi from Nigeria, this is my art.

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@JoshEffiong

11 months

I'm Joshua Effiong from Nigeria, this is my art.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

My poem, "Funnel", made it to issue 4 of @Olumoreview Review. Appreciation to the editors for picking it up. I am also sharing this space with amazing poets 🤭. Read the full issue:

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

Because I want to promote my book. This is a picture of Jeremy Teddy Karn holding my book. 😍

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@AnikeBeloved__

4 months

Pictures of you holding a book. Shall we?

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Am I proud of my work? Yes! because @20_35Africa published it. I'm super excited about this particular poem. It holds a special place in my heart. I appreciate the editors for picking it up. Sharing this space with @eniola_abdulroq 🤍. For you, JANA, and many others. 😢

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

I've a speculative poem in issue 57 of @UncannyMagazine . Many thanks to the editors for publishing my poem. 🙏🏾 "& your name will wear a new language—late." You can read the complete poem here:

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

First acceptance of the month from @strangehorizons guys!!!! 😭😭😭😭

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

This is becoming a ritual and I love it! Some few years back, before performing my first spoken word open mic, I performed my piece to my parents. Today, they asked for a parlor reading of my chapbook after I showed them the cover. Their eyes said it all. AlhamdulilLah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 months

Today, I had my first book chat as an author. Tomorrow, I will take my oath to become a scientist. Insha Allah. Thank you for making my first book chat a memorable one @ClubUdus .

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

10 days

AlhamdulilLah. Contracts signed. I have poems forthcoming with @fiyahlitmag (my second pub with them), @FictionUtopia , and @NorthernWforum .

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

AlhamdulilLah. AlhamdulilLah. "Uncensored Snapshots" is one of the selected @ChestnutReview Autumn Reading Period Chapbooks. Grateful to the readers and editors for selecting my chapbook. I'm more excited about working with @mspicone and her assistant, Luke.

Chestnut Review

@ChestnutReview

6 months

@ChestnutReview is delighted to announce our Autumn Reading Period Chapbook Selections. 💫🌰 Congratulations to @ZainabBobi @MarioAliberto3 @TiffanyPromise

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

Nigerian poets have this trait of having each other's back. You will hardly see a tweet where a Nigerian poet is mentioned and he didn't mention other Nigerian poets. I pray we don't ever mutate this trait.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

We are almost there, guys. $820 to the target amount. 🥺 Fundraiser by Nicole Adabunu. ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

The Writer // The Writing

Michael Imossan

@michael_imossan

2 years

The Writer // The Writing

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

My 2022 Award Eligibility Post. My name is Zaynab Bobi, a speculative poet and digital artist from Nigeria. This year, some of my poems and artworks have been published in SFFH magazines/journals such as Strange Horizons, Fiyah and more.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

Hi guys, thanks to @NotNowNicole for helping me set up a GoFundMe account. I never thought this was possible. Please help with the little you can 🙏🏾. Thank you so you donate and share 🙇🏽‍♀️

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@NotNowNicole

7 months

hi everyone! I've just started a Gofundme to help bring Zaynab to Cave Canem. She needs financial help so that she can officially attend and retain her spot as a fellow. Please share/donate and let's come together and help her reach her goal!!!! 💕💕💕🤞🏾

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

The feeling never gets old. I have a poem in the newest issue of @ANMLY_LIT that I wrote for my 9month old niece that died last year. I hope you enjoy it. Big thanks to the editors for making it possible. Read. Share 🤗 You can read the whole issue👇

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 years

I received an acceptance from @skin_lit guyssss 🥺 and (undisclosed name) mag. Ya Allah, both are paying 😭😭 Alhamdulillah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 years

Submitted my first hybrid micro-chapbook today🥺. Wish me luck 🙏

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Cheers to all the things I have accomplished and to the new ones I will accomplish. Alhamdulillah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 months

have no idea why i didn't share this poem pub in @thedeadlands last year. here is it.

The Deadlands

@thedeadlands

1 year

POETRY: bonelight, Lucas Enne Behiihoo, by Sunnie Smith-Ishtimonabi’ Questions and Answers, by Zaynab Bobi

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

Alhamdulillah for this win. I never thought I would go that far to be honest. Much appreciation to the readers of @Gold_Line_Press and the final judge @kemiaalabi . @bakronline Jazzakallahu khair for the support, ɗan uwa.

Gold Line Press

@Gold_Line_Press

8 months

Congratulations to Poetry finalists for the 2023 Gold Line Press Chapbook Contest!!! The Eyes As A Jar For Grief” by @ZainabBobi “Aphorism | Paroxysm” by @steambbcrywolf “sampaguita as alien species” by @yvannavien “How the Body Works” by @druwalker94

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

When I received the email from Poetry Daily asking for permission to feature my poem 1st published by @thedrift_mag , I was overwhelmed. Today, "Revelation", is the Friday feature. Gratitude to the editors of @Poetry_Daily for selecting it and @thedrift_mag , its first home. ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

When I received the email that my poem made the longlist of @IseleMagazine Poetry Prize, I was so surprised because I have little faith in my craft. Alhamdulillah, I get to see my name among writers I respect and look up to. My FF also made the top ten list of @MediaHooch WC.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

My poem, BRIEF HISTORY OF MONSTERIFICATION, is now available to read on @FantasyMagazine website. A big shout out to the editors @arleysorg and Christie Yant for the amazing work they do for the poetry community. Cheers to me 🥂

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

You all are making this dream come to reality. Thank you 🙇🏽‍♀️.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

This poem published by @thedrift_mag always shakes me when I read it. I tried to capture how my sister felt when she watched her 9-month-old daughter, alone in the hospital bed, took her last breath. Then, I find myself asking the question "What if pain, too, is a child?"

The Drift

@thedrift_mag

1 year

“First, your breath went anti-clockwise: the hour / hand walking backwards until it was swallowed by time.” — @ZainabBobi

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

writing these poems took a lot in me. i can't even bring myself to imagine Palestinians surviving in this awful state. "but the end's end will be ceasefire إن شاء الله ceasefire" @PesteMagazine 🙏🏾 Read the poem here:

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

"& we pray janazah for the people we shared salam with yesterday." An excerpt from my poem, "Mama, fire. a s he s" which appeared in the online exclusive of @WTRlitmag . Thanks to the editors for making it possible.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

Hi everyone, I would like to extend my appreciation to everything for the donation, good wishes, sharing, and congratulatory messages. I would love to reply to all of them now but I can't because I'm preparing for my final professional exam (20-21st). Thank you for your support

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

I am thrilled that I got into the Cave Canem Fellowship, but sad that I can't attend because of the travel expenses 😩. Hopefully, someday, when I'm in a better position, I will become a Cave Canem Fellow. Thank you @cavecanempoets 🙏🏾

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

-won the Gimba Suleiman Hassan Gimba ESQ Poetry Prize -a poem i wrote in a messy place won the Inaugural Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize for Literature 2023 -have a chapbook forthcoming with Sundress Publication -finalist in two ongoing chapbooks contest & more. Alhamdulillah ❤️

Adedayo Agarau

@adedayo_agarau

9 months

Writers 2023 brag? 🤭🥵

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

Spot my name 🤭

Arts and Vibes

@theArtsandVibes

9 months

We're pleased to announce the shortlist for the Labari Prize for Poetry.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

My poem "WHAT THE MEDIA MEANS WHEN THEY "TELL ME YOUR STORY" is up on @trampset . Much appreciation to the editors for picking it up.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

As a self-taught poet always on the watch for chances to improve my craft, I applied for a s/ship to attend Tending the Heart by Danusha Laméris and James Crews wch I was offered a $50 reduction from the $300 fee. The w/shop starts on the 13th. I wld be grateful to have some help

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 months

#kapfest24 Day 2 ✅ Featured by @rasaq_malik (RMG), @bakronline and Paul Liam. I tap grace today. Held a copy of Hussain Ahmed's 'Blue Exodus' 😍 Overall, I enjoyed myself today.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

It has been a while that I published a poem. Thanks to @NorthernWforum Journal for giving my poem a home. With a lovely acceptance from @poetrywales selected by Fahad Al-Amoudi, I have something to push me through this week(end). …

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

Wrote this poem after a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager, Jana, was killed by the Israeli military on the roof of their house when she went to save her cat, Lulu. Sad to see that the killing of innocent children hasn't stopped. #FreePalastine

20.35 Africa

@20_35Africa

11 months

“Jana. a casualty. ticks. backwards. into her name. to reap. as the bullets. are thrown. with no fingerprints. attached – unintentional.” /Jana/ by Zaynab Iliyasu-Bobi ( @ZainabBobi ) in Vol VI Anthology.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

Here you go!

Adedayo Agarau

@adedayo_agarau

11 months

Writers that know they are fine should indulge me with photos 🫠 Do it! 👀

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

OMG! You have gotten a copy already 🤭🥰🥰. TL: I am an author (still finding it hard to believe). Click the link to get your copy. 🤗

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@NotNowNicole

4 months

It's here! 😍😍😍😍 "Cadaver of Red Roses" by @ZainabBobi , winner of the @cavecanempoets Derricotte/Eady Chapbook Prize. Can't WAIT to dig into this masterpiece 🌹❤️ order your copy here, besties!:

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

See who is the week's feature of @20_35Africa poet spotlight. 😍 Thanks to the entire team the Social Media Rep @Tamiilore_O . ❤️

20.35 Africa

@20_35Africa

7 months

POET SPOTLIGHT: Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi ( @ZainabBobi ) Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, Frontier I, a Nigerian-Hausa poet, digital artist, and photographer is a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. /1

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Which of the favours of your Lord will you deny? Alhamdulillah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Contract Signed! My poem will be appearing in the future issue of @UncannyMagazine . Alhamdulillah.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 months

Really excited for this 😊

Abdulrazaq salihu he/him

@Arazaqsalihu

3 months

Post your most beautiful acceptance emails, don’t worry bout year, we just want to remind ourselves of happy moments ❤️🫶🏿

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 months

I love reading. I love writing. & I love discussing what I love. If you are eligible, send in your applications now! You can't also afford to miss out learning from one of the best! @Isaiah_Adepoju_ Thanks to @_Damilola_O for hosting the creative writing workshop. ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

Alhamdulillah, this poem wasn't an easy one to write, but I am happy that it has found its way to the audience I hoped for it to find. I can not thank the organizers @theArtsandVibes and the judges enough. I wish this poem wasn't true but who hasn't eaten from the garden, me?

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

All I wanted was for the poem to go places. Alhamdulillah, it did. Much appreciation to the organizers @theArtsandVibes and judges. 🙏🏾

Arts and Vibes

@theArtsandVibes

9 months

And the winner is Zainab Illiyasu Bobo. Congratulations! ✨✨🎉🎉.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

I have nothing to say other than Alhamdulillah. I am so happy to win this alongside a @theFrontiersCo , @Literati22 . ❤️ I would like to extend my appreciation to the entire team of @PoetryColumnNnd . May the soul of late Dr. Samuel Folorunsho Ibiyemi rest in peace. Amin 🙏🏾

PoetryColumnNND

@PoetryColumnNnd

8 months

We are delighted to announce the winners & finalists of the inaugural FOLORUNSHO EDITOR’S POETRY PRIZE 2023! @Literati22 @ZainabBobi @prosperifeanyii @Billio_speaks

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

-won the Gimba Suleiman Hassan Gimba ESQ Poetry Prize -a poem i wrote in a messy place won the Inaugural Akachi Chukwuemeka Prize for Literature 2023 -have a chapbook forthcoming with Sundress Publication -finalist in two ongoing chapbooks contest & more. Alhamdulillah ❤️

Adedayo Agarau

@adedayo_agarau

9 months

Writers 2023 brag? 🤭🥵

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 years

My poem 'Wazobia' just got published by @tiltedhousenola Please do read. 🤗

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

I have two poems in Issue 12 of @LucentDreaming 1) Cadaver of Red Roses 2) Mo(u)rning Sacrament Many thanks to @JannatExists for selecting them.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Alhamdulillah. Contract signed. My poem "A Brief History of Monsterification" will be published in one of the final issues of @FantasyMagazine .

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

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AlhamdulilLah. It has been a while. Gratitude to @NOReview for publishing my poem 'Sixty Seconds in the Body of a Cyborg' in their new issue. Also, thanks to Chloe Evans, Lindsay Sproul, and all the NOR team for the amazing work they do.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

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#Kabafest24 gave me too many beautiful memories. This wouldn't have happened without the Kaduna State government and the amazing mother, @lolashoneyin . Even though I failed at highjacking the bag, I was able to snap a picture with @Abbakar_himself .

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

Last Friday my poem, "A SPEECH ON HOW TO KNOT A HAUSA TONGUE" was featured in @torchlitarts 's Friday Feature. Ɗunbun godiya to the editors for picking it up. 🙏🏾

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

I'm seriously in need of a poetry mentor 🥺 Who would want to mentor me? I promise to bring all my ears with me 👂🙏🏾 Please, this is not a joke. Help retweet 🙏🏾 Thank you.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 months

I will be having a reading alongside @sabzi_k hosted by @bartonsmock . To get the zoom link, send an email to bluejawedsmake @gmail .com You can also sign-up for open mic if interested. Date: 13th July Time: 8 PM WAT (3 PM Eastern Time).

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

This poem by @IheomaUzomba . An unforgettable masterpiece

Adedayo Agarau

@adedayo_agarau

1 year

quote this tweet with that poem! THAT POEM!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

-the finalist of two ongoing poetry contests. -poetry acceptance from @NOReview and @canthius -art acceptance from @Spectacle_Mag -forthcoming in @UncannyMagazine and TANTABARA Magazine @hausabaf -graduating from university in less than 2 months. Alhamdulillah. 🤲🏾

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

"what matters is how you write not what you are writing about." ~Romeo Oriogun. It was an interesting session @SonOfOlokun Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Getting ready for @Abbakar_himself 's literary hangout in Sokoto on the 16th of this month. Warming up for @soba_fest 🤭. You can grab your copy @booko_clock

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

3 months

For future reference, please & pl, if you want to invite me to any literary session/panel discussion, to talk about poetry, about literature, don't genderize the question meant for me. Future moderators, I'm a poet just like others and I deserve to be asked general questions.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

A good way to end the month with an acceptance from @The_West_Review and a new publication in the Summer Issue of Aster Lit. Light!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

The books I got from #Kabafest24 😍😍😍

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

Some pictures from Day 1 and 2 of #Kabafest24 Got featured by the HE of poetry and now prose! @UmarSidi11 , Chestnut Review forthcoming author @AbduljalaalMusa , my brother @Abubakar_Mhmmad , the poet and journalists @Yahuza_Bawage and more!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Alhamdulillah, a poem I cherish is out in the issue 6 of @agbowoart alongside many brilliant writers and artists. Many thanks to the editors for giving my poem a home. Sharing this space with @FatihahQuadri and @michael_imossan

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

Have you registered? Date: April 16th Time: 7-8 PM (WAT).

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

I can't believe I received my first Pushcart Award nomination from @strangehorizons for my poem Set Operation of a Country in the Belly Wa(te)r. 😱 Many thanks to @thevanessajae and the entire editorial team. @MartinsDeep1 I'm so happy to be in this together. @bakronline 😩

Vanessa Jae

@thevanessajae

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Feeling incredibly lucky working with @strangehorizons not only gave me the chance to publish but also nominate @ZainabBobi 's breathtaking poem "Set operation of a country in the belly of wa(te)r" for the Pushcart Prize!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

My first Best Of The Net nomination. Thanks to the EIC @salam_wosu and his team for dominating my artwork. Congratulations to @michael_imossan @Saheedtsunday and other nominees.

Salamander Ink Magazine

@salamander_ink_

2 years

We are pleased to announce our 2022 Best Of The Net nominees 🎉🌟

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 months

mother, there is nothing wrong in loving your daughter. the society didn't come out of your womb!!!!! i'm tired of hearing these stories. haba!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

I had an interesting time moderating the book chat and reading with @SaddiqDzukogi organized by @soba_fest . I was nervous before it started but he turns out to be such an easy person to talk with. Thank you to the organizers of @soba_fest '22 for giving me the opportunity.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

4 months

Some pictures from Day 1 and 2 of #Kabafest24 Got featured by the HE of poetry and now prose! @UmarSidi11 , Chestnut Review forthcoming author @AbduljalaalMusa , my brother @Abubakar_Mhmmad , the poet and journalists @Yahuza_Bawage and more!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

Martins Deep is a multitalented artist with an exceptional creative mind. Let's help him get to University of Memphis to pursue his MFA in Creative Writing.

Help Martins Deep Pursue His MFA Dream, organized by Nicole Adabunu

I stand at the crossroads of opportunity and transformation, bracing myself to e… Nicole Adabunu needs your support for Help Martins Deep Pursue His MFA Dream

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

Despite the technical difficulties, I enjoyed listening to @tarabetts read those gorgeous poems. I also enjoyed reading my poems! You all beautiful souls, thank you for joining and cheering. ❤️ You can order your copy here:

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

God knows I wouldn't have reached here without all the support. May Allah (God) reward every one of you for donating and sharing. 🙏🏾

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

We are almost there, guys. $820 to the target amount. 🥺 Fundraiser by Nicole Adabunu. ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

I can see a lot of amazing artists here. Congratulations to us all.

BookStormng

@Bookstormng

5 months

We are thrilled to present our first cohort of illustrators to be trained by @Mimaster_Illo . Congratulations to you all! And welcome on board!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

Alhamdulillah. This is a great honour. Much appreciation to the judges for choosing my poem as the winner. To the organizer @geembarr , I can't thank you enough. Thank you. Congratulations to the other winners and all the long-listed. Thank you.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

These two lovelies from @OlneyMagazine and @Paper__Lanterns came through this week. The feeling of seeing your work in print is gooddddd!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

8 months

Kick starting this year by sharing my poem, "Finding My Way Home", published last year in Issue 99 of @cutbankonline . Gratitude to the editors for giving my poem a beautiful home 🤗

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

2 years

Happy to share my poem "Self-portrait of grief as fire" in the Reborn issue of @IseleMagazine Thanks to @MsOlisakwe and @emelife_uc for making it possible.

Self-Portrait of Grief as Fire | Zaynab Bobi

I. on nights like this, i carry my mother’s prayers on my sleeve for fear that my sanity will go south. Allah ya rabaki da shairin masu shairi now, i know that grief is a way to learn that no…

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

@jrnaib2 ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Alhamdulillah, I passed my first professional exam 😭😭😭.

Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

I will pass my exams. Insha Allah 🤲🥺

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

5 months

Nigerian poets are not here to play. 💚🤍💚 ❤️

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

I have a new experimental poem in the June issue of World of Possibility. Thanks to the amazing @omgjulia for choosing my poem. If you want to know how I rewrote the formula, subscribe! 😍

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

11 months

The poet // the poem

Flourish Joshua

@fjspeaks

11 months

the poet // the poem

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

9 months

Last two weeks, my poem was published in the inaugural issue of Tantabara Magazine curated by @hausabaf . I wrote about a historical well, Rijiyar Nagwamatse, in the Niger State, Kontagora, founded by Umaru Nagwamatse. Thank you to the publishers 🙏🏾.

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

1 year

Today, @torchlitarts joined me in celebrating the International Hausa Day (Ranar Hausa) by accepting a poem I wrote about the Hausa tongue. What a perfect gift for a special day! #RanarHausa

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

7 months

@Arazaqsalihu 0002503015 Jaiz Bank Zainab Iliyasu Bobi

Help Zaynab attend Cave Canem!, organized by Nicole Adabunu

I'm raising funds on behalf of Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, who was recently accepted as a Cave … Nicole Adabunu needs your support for Help Zaynab attend Cave Canem!

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Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi (Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✊🏽)

@ZainabBobi

6 months

Thank you to everyone who has donated and shared. Please, let's continue retweeting. Nigerians who can't donate using the GoFundMe link can send their donations to his Nigerian account.

Support Poet & Editor Abdulkareem's MFA Program, organized by Angela Flores

I have received a prominent position at the University of Alabama's MFA … Angela Flores needs your support for Support Poet & Editor Abdulkareem's MFA Program

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Abdulkareem²

@Panini500bc

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I'm happy to share that I was accepted by two MFA programs: University of Alabama and University of Tennessee creative writing programs in poetry. Getting accepted into an MFA program means that I have the chance to further learn more about what I love to do best; writing.

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