This is the book trailer for Yasmeen Haddad Loves Joanasi Maqaittik  by Carolyn Marie Souaid, a story of powerful love and potent lust. It is a tale of adventure, of the attempt to bridge worlds and cultures, of self-discovery in the face of the unknown. Set in the vast and beautiful North, it pushes past the standard narrative of southerners bringing “civilization” to a people who have survived in the most unforgiving of environments for over a thousand years. The novel got a Starred Review from Foreword  Reviews, Nov./Dec. 2017..

Available November 2017 from Baraka Books. Pre-order now.

TRAILER CREDITS Montage – Charles-Alexandre Gagnon
Concept – Endre Farkas
Images – Carolyn Marie Souaid & Endre Farkas
Video clip (North) – Keri MacDonald
Middle Eastern soundscape – Matthew Souaid & Charles-Alexandre Gagnon
Throat Singing – Jeannie Ooka Calvin & Hannah Tooktoo Koneak

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Rainwhisper.aif by tomcat9uk https://freesound.org/people/tomcat9u…
FM Radio Tuning by HQSFX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-vmD…
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Geese.wav by ahill86 https://freesound.org/people/ahill86/…