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Sarah Abusarar
Sarah comes from a long line of Storytellers on her paternal side. She has received an award from the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Morocco and she also received the Ann Smyth travel award in Toronto. Sarah has told at festivals in internationally at festivals in Canada, Norway, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Tunisia, Morocco, United Arab Emirates and Cuba. Because Sarah grew up in several countries she tells stories from all over the world with the focus on Palestinian and Croatian stories where her roots lie. Her favourite stories are ones that promote social change. Sarah has also used stories in a therapeutic way with children in refugee camps and refugee children in Toronto, as part of their therapy. She works at the Parent Child Mother Goose Program using traditional storytelling to encourage parent child bonding. Sarah belongs to a collective called "Musical Story Studio" where stories and music are combined. She is also part of a collective called "Birds of a Feather". Sarah tells stories so that she may go deep inside of the tales and find herself in far away magical places that she remembers, from long, long ago.
Able to tell fluently in English and Croatian.
Contact Information: sarahabusarar@gmail.com
(416) 561-6420