Zaynab Mohammed
Performance Poet. Filmmaker. Artist.
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MONTREAL FRINGE FESTIVAL 2026
June 11: 19hr
June 13: 21hr
June 14: 12hr30
June 16: 22hr45
June 18: 19hr
June 21: 14hr
Written & Performed by: Zaynab Mohammed
Dramaturg for this play: Shayna Jones
This play has been modified into a book with: Pownal Street Press.
Funders listed below.
POEM BOOTH: THE PODCAST
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My Story
Zaynab Mohammed is a Lebanese, Iraqi and Palestinian award-winning performance poet, author and storyteller.
She is also an emerging filmmaker, visual and installation artist.
She was born on the coast of BC Canada and now lives in Tiohtià:ke, colonially known as Montréal, Quebec, with her dog Threshold.
At the moment, she is working on a series on short films about rural SWANA diaspora stories.
Poem Booth
In 2014 I bought my first typewriter and became a busking poet. I write people poems about anything they’d like. They give me a topic and off I go tapping words onto page. Today, my portable desk has become a booth where I also sell prints, cards, stickers and framed poems.
Zaynab Mohammed 