Category: Poems

I See You/Me

POEM: Safia Lamrani challenges the stigma that has made her hide her full self.

POEM: Margarita Gurgutsova wrestles with the difficulty of finding her footing while travelling from place to place, never quite settling.

EXTRACT: Yahia Lababidi, Osama Esber and Rowayat share with us an extract from Yahia’s poetry collection, Desert Songs/أغاني الصحراء.

POEM: Ryan Keating ponders borders and their unexpected crossings over breakfast.

POEM: After so long away, Safia Lamrani writes to her Morocco.

POEM: Sammaneh Pourshafighi champions the power of ingenuity and originality for healing old wounds.

POEM: Romy Listo reflects on a fateful migration journey – on what might have been gained and on what was lost.

POEM: Ibtisam Shahbaz talks with her mamá about resolving the confusion of life’s games.

POEM: Jade Irvine reflects on identity and belonging in creative spaces as an emerging, cross-cultural artist.

BOOK LAUNCH + POETRY: be:longing reflects on an evening co-hosting conversations on cross-cultural art and poetry.