Yasser Musa Launches New E-Book Blending Art, Ideas, and Belizean Musa Identity

Today in Belize City, celebrated author and publisher Yasser Musa unveiled his latest creation, IMAGINEaStories, at the Imagination Factri. The digital publication is a curated collection of Musa’s Facebook posts spanning seventeen years, where he reflects on themes like education, art, history, and technology. More than just a compilation, IMAGINEaStories invites readers to explore the powerful crossroads of art and literature, all through a distinctly Belizean lens. Musa says the goal is to inspire people to think differently and see the world in new, creative ways. We caught up with him at the launch to learn more about the inspiration behind the project and what he hopes readers will take away from it.

 

Yasser Musa, Author

“Today I made a public presentation of two new books, one called IMAGINEaSTORIES that features seventeen years worth of Facebook writings that have posted since 2008 until now. The writings involve topics ranging from technology to politics, to art, to culture, to education. So that was launched today as a QR code so that anybody can download it for free. But we also presented a physical one  copy of a art hook called Yasser Musa Works, which is a four hundred page book, which is also at the same QR code available for free for people to look at. So it’s a kind of a duality. One book on text, one book on images. And in addition to that, I made an art installation of works involving found objects, things that inspire me. For example, the ash from the Baptist church fire. You may think that is very morbid, but for me, the Baptist church is a special landmark. I tried to do was first categorize in different areas. For example, I write a lot about people, my own family members, people who have inspired me, artists, musicians, DJs historians. And so I cannot categorize putting some of that. Some on technology, putting some on education, putting some on politics, putting some on art to try and create a balance to give a  buffet so that people could see what has been going through my mind for seventeen years.”

 

IMAGINEaSTORIES is free to download by scanning the provided QR code.