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Writer . Poet
Zeenit Jacobs (also writing under the names Zeenit Saban-Jacobs and Z. Saban-Jacobs) is a South African writer and poet residing in Cape Town. She holds a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Digital Culture and Media Studies at the University of Pretoria. Influenced by her dreams, existentialism, Sufism, the human condition, and Middle Eastern folklore, Saban-Jacobs was awarded a poetry prize (formerly known as the DALRO Prize) in 2022 for her poem Bitter by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa. Beyond the page, she enjoys photography, reading, pastel art, debating, and hanging out with friends and family.
“her abode is an empty street with
fog and flickering lights for company,
where spectres saunter and snicker at
the sight of her face.
a body ruined from languishing night after
night in search of the ideal door to knock on,
a meeting with phantoms…
to touch a memory,
or hold a moment,
colours from a previous life…”
– Visionary, Inside an Eyeball
Inside an Eyeball, published by Botsotso Publishers, is a captivating collection rich in metamodern poetry (modernism and post-modernism) that explores the depths of dreams, sufism, matters of the heart, and Middle Eastern mythology. Teetering between reality and fantasy, each poem invites readers on an inward journey, where time bends and the self is both seeker and mystery.
“i hunger for my body,
for my skin,
and for my mother’s land.
i thirst for the nutritious oil beneath its soil,
for the taste of the salted sea and the one in Galilee –
to walk on diamond waters like the Nazarene.”
– The Settler’s Ghouls, Palestinofication, Pg. 20
This humble chapbook is dedicated to the courageous people of Palestine. Palestinofication features ten prose poems and photographs that show the destruction of Gaza and the Palestinian people at the hands of Israeli Occupation Forces. The collection touches on Palestinian food, culture, love, and loss – the author also struggles to make sense of the dark and chaotic world in a few poems.
If you would like to purchase a copy of Inside an Eyeball, or simply have questions about the collection, contact us via the email below.
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