EXILED LIT CAFE
Every month hear some fantastic exiled writers and musicians and there is an Open Mic session too.
Monday 11 of March 2024 6:30-8:30 pm
WORDS FOR THE SILENCED:
A Human Rights and Poetry Event
Sharing work from Imprisoned Writers around the World
In collaboration with Amnesty Westminster Bayswater, Amnesty Mayfair Soho and Regent’s University Liberal Studies Department
Poets featured include Ahmed Mansoor (UAE), Ilhan Sami Comak (Turkey), Varavara Rao (India) Mahvash Sabet (Iran), Golrokh Iraee (Iran), Galal El-Behairy (Egypt), Ala Abd El-Fattah (Egypt).
Speakers will include journalist Bill Law and human rights activists Drewery Dyke, Richard Ratcliffe and Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe.
Top Row: Galal El-Behairy,Golrokh Iraee; Middle Row: Ahmed Mansoor, Ala Abd El-Fattah; Bottom Row: Mahvesh Sabet, Varavara Rao, Ilhan Comak,
Come share the work of these important voices, listen to their supporters and human rights defenders talk about their work and take the opportunity to respond with your own words in a collective poem we will write together.
Event details:
Monday 11 of March 2024 6:30-8:30 pm
FREE at Regent’s University
Inner Circle Regent’s Park
London NW1 4NS
Nearest tube: Baker Street
www.exiledwriters.co.uk