Exiled Writers Ink,
International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI)
One Million Signature Campaign
Commemorate:
On the occasion of the anniversary of the disputed presidential elections
and against the violence and terror that followed:
Women of Iran in coalition with their international allies present
a memorable evening of music, poetry, short films, analysis and debate.
Chair: Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink
Mansour Izadpanah, music to remember
Shirin Alam Hoii
Mehrangiz Rassapour (Pegah), poetry
Hila Sedigh, poetry recital with English sub-title
Shirin Razavian, poetry
Chair: Rouhi Shafii, ICAVI
Ann Harrison, Amnesty International Middle East Section
Sara Parhizgari; One Million Signature Campaign
Questions and Answers
Short film made by ICAVI.
16 June 6.30-8.30pm
Free Word Centre,60 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3GA (Farringdon tube)
A year on, London remembered Iranians in their fight against fundamentalism and transgression
by Rouhi Shafii of ICAVI
On the anniversary of the disputed presidential elections in Iran a number of Iranian as well as international organisations and NGOs ( United4Iran, Amnesty International, Azad Tribune, Exiled Ink, ICAVI, One Million Signature Campaign, Prisoners of Conscience Appeal Fund and Human Rights Watch) based in London formed a coalition under Unite four Iran to mark the occasion. Events took place in a week-long starting from 10-18 June included a Billboard which drove through London and attracted much attention to the situation in Iran. On 14 June Jafar Panahi film, Offside was shown at Amnesty International Human Rights Centre. On 16 June at the Free Word Centre, an evening of poetry, music and talks celebrated the case of Iranian women who are in the forefront of battle against fundamentalism and transgression.
The first part of this event was chaired by Jennifer Langer from Exiled Ink where musician Mansour Izadpanah performed few pieces with his guitar and sang in memory of Shirin Alam Hooie the Kurdish woman prisoner who was hanged by the Iranian regime a few weeks earlier. Mehrangiz Rasapour read her poetry in Persian and Jennifer read the translation in English. Shirin Razavian read a few pieces of poetry from her new book in English. A clip video from Youtube of the recitation of Hila Sedeghi (a young rising star in Persian poetry) in memory of Neda Agha Soltan with English sub-titles was also shown.
The second part of the event was chaired by Rouhi Shafii from International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI). Rouhi praised the wonderful collective work on the organisation of the events and thanked the organisers especially Mr Kamran Hashemi and the third generation of Iranians in London for their efforts in recent months to organise this event. She also spoke on the urgency to set up ICAVI in order to carry further research into the increasing state-sponsored violence in Iran and the need to seek international alliances to combat the situation. Ann Harrison, researcher at Middle East and North Africa section of Amnesty International presented a report on the situation of women prisoners and the cases that amnesty has taken on. Sara Parhizgari spoke on the history and the creation of the One Million Signature Campaign and its impact on grass root women in Iran. A short film made by ICAVI was shown as well.
On 18 June the event was dedicated to prisoners of conscience. Rouhi Shafii chaired the event. Hassiba Hajsahraoui Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa section of Amnesty International spoke about the cases of Bahaie prisoners and how they have been treated. Bahar Tahzib from the Bahaie society also spoke about the 7 Bahaies who are currently in prison in Tehran. Rouhi reiterated that apart from the Bahaies many other minority groups and nationals such as Kurds, Turks, Turkemans and Baluchis have also been discriminated against since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in Iran. She also spoke of the plight of mourning mothers of Iran who are not even allowed to hold anniversaries for their children. Those young men and women who were killed by the Iranian regime during peaceful demonstrations last year. She spoke of Kianush Asa’s grieving mother in Kermanshah in west of the country who announced she is not holding any ceremony for her son in order to protect people from being assaulted by the regime. Kianush was a young under-graduate student who was killed by the security forces. No one has been ever charged for his murder. Instead, his brother Kamran has been detained on three occasions and Kianush’s gravestone has been defaced by acid.
The last speaker in this last session of the event was Massih Allinejad, Iranian writer and journalist who spoke passionately on the need to form alliances against the growing and worrying situation in Iran.
A round of Q &A followed where the audience asked questions or presented their views on the current events.
A collective photo and a big thank you to the organisers ended the campaign for democracy and freedom in Iran.
International Coalition Against Violence in Iran (ICAVI) would once again thank all the participant organisations, individuals and organisers for providing such an interesting event where much was said and discussed about the plight of the Iranians who have sacrificed so much for freedom and democracy in their country.
EXILED WRITERS INK WITH IRAN SOLIDARITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST
VIOLENCE IN IRAN, present:
Something Happened in Iran
An amazing melange of poetry, music and projections for freedom and freedom of speech
Thursday 8th April 2010
6.15 to 8.30 pm
Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA (nearest tube Farringdon Station)
with
The London Skool
Afshin Babzadeh
Jane Duran
Moris Farhi
Choman Hardi
Ziba Karbassi
Yang Lian
Fathieh Saudi
Stephen Watts
Mansour Izadpanah: guitarist & singer
+
Music
Images
Participation
Entrance: £5
Hosted by Jennifer Langer
WISE WORDS WOMEN'S LITERATURE FESTIVAL IN EAST LONDON
Exiled Writers Ink session, Wednesday 10th March, 6.30 to 8.30 in Lab 5
Idea Store, Whitechapel
321 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1BU
WORLDS APART: MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
In Exile: The divide between cultures - between memory - between restrictions and freedom - from the tongue of the mother
plus interactive rap poem
with Alev Adil
Alev Adil was born in Cyprus and grew up in Turkey, Cyprus and London, where she now lives. Her first collection of poems Venus Infers was published in 2004. Her poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and she has performed her poetry in London and at poetry festivals. Her work has also been broadcast on Radio 4 and Channel 4 in the UK. She is part of Poetz for Peace, a bi-communal UN funded Cypriot writers’ and musicians’ collective. She lectures at the University of Greenwich where she is head of the Department of Creative, Critical and Communication Studies and she is a patron of Exiled Writers Ink.
Fatima Hagi was born in 1985 in Somalia. She left her home country due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, fleeing to Kenya. She came to London a year later. Prior to this she had no formal schooling but settled well into school, quickly learning English and falling “in love with books and words from an early age”. She has been since adolescence, both because she found it therapeutic and to express herself and the way she felt about the world and the people around me. She writes poetry, short stories and speeches and is currently taking a degree in English Literature. Her inspiration, she says, “comes from my mother and grandmother who started life out as poor nomads and struggled to make a life for themselves and their children, under the most extreme circumstances.”
Ziba Karbassi was born in Tabriz, northwestern Iran. She had to leave her country with her mother in the mid-1980s and for most of the time since then she has lived in London. She has published seven books of poetry in Persian and is widely regarded as the most accomplished Persian poet of her generation. Her dense and open-meshed lyrical poetry achieves an intensity and balance that is rare in contemporary poetry. She has read widely across Europe and America. She was chairperson of the Iranian Writers Association (in exile) from 2002 to 2004 and an editor of Asar and Exiled Ink literature magazines in London. Her poems have appeared in many languages throughout Europe and the UK. Translations by Stephen Watts have appeared in such journals as Poetry Review and Modern Poetry Translation.
Shereen Pandit is a London-based South African lawyer, political activist and writer whose short stories have won several prizes, including the Booktrust London Award (2004), Young Writer magazine prize (2000, 2001) and Wordsworth magazine prize (1997). Others were short-listed for the Fish Publications SS Competition (1999) and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association SS Competition (2003). One of her stories has been read on Broadway and various USA radio stations. Her stories have appeared in many anthologies and magazines.
Exiled Writers Ink at the TreeHouse Gallery Project
(Nearest tube: Baker Street: Regents Park by the boating pool, opposite the Mosque)
Friday 21st August from 5 to 8 pm
We look forward to seeing you in the trees!
Poetry-Music-Nature
Exiled writers perform and relate their experiences of diasporic creation and adaptation in relation to nature.
with
Mir Mahfuz Ali (Bangladesh)
Ayar Atar (Kurdistan)
Sara Elliot - Jazz singer
Maria Eugenia Bravo Calderara (Chile)
Vahni Capildeo (Trinidad)
Aygul Erce (Turkey)
Roland John-Leopoldie (Martinique) poetry and guitar
Janan Saab (Lebanon)
Fathieh Saudi (Jordan) poetry and piano
Bring an item of nature: create a haiku!
M O R I S F A R H I
68-69 Hampstead High Street, London NW3 1QP
MORIS FARHI, novelist, poet, short story writer,
essayist, and campaigner against the persecution of writers, has received
three prizes for his novels Children of the Rainbow and Young
Turk (Saqi Books). He is Vice President of International PEN, and
has been awarded an MBE for services to literature..
Tickets £3, redeemable
against the cost of the book on the night of the event. Please
reserve in advance, tel. 020 7794 1098.
Wednesday 19th March 2008 at 7 pm
Oh! Art and Exiled Writers Ink invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion: Event 6
Searching for the Past
Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG (nearest tube: Bethnal
Green)
Free - Refreshments - Perform your Poetry - Bring an object from
your past - PARTICIPATE!
This is an exiled lit cafe event with Somali and other Exiled writers
and musicians, which takes place every 2 months and brings the work
of Somali and other exiled writers to the wider community of East London.
FEATURED GUESTS
Ayar Ata was born in Saqqiz in the eastern part of Kurdistan
in 1957. After living in many countries, in 1989 he moved to London
where he studied at SOAS and Middlesex University. “Poetry
is my passport to honest and sweet freedom of expression about my
world.
Chinwe Azubuike is a strong female contemporary voice from
Africa, born in Lagos-Nigeria whose origins are from Imo State. She
constantly views herself as a spokeswoman for Nigeria's deprived underclass
and recognises within herself a strong sense of social justice. This
is reflected in her poetry, as her work highlights the complicated
issues and beauty of the people of Africa, especially the plight of
women and children. The bulk of her work focuses on female issues;
of love, life and torture with specific references to ethnic family
traditions within West Africa. She has given various readings at the
Poetry Society and has been published in various publications. She
is currently running a campaign for women, against the victimisation
and deprivation of human rights of "the Widow" in Nigeria.
Said Jama - A well known Somali scholar, essayist and short
story writer, SAID JAMA HUSSEIN Is extensively engaged in Somali literary,
cultural and artistic activities that take place in the UK, Sweden,
Kenya, and Djibouti. He was a contributing senior member of the Editorial
Board of the highly acclaimed bi-lingual periodical magazine "Hal-Abuur"
published in London. Currently he is the vice-president of Somali P.E.N
Centre. A collection of his essays "SAXAN-sAXO" as well as
collection of short stories "Shuf-beel" also in Somali are
awaiting early publication. Most of his short stories and some of the
essays appeared in the Somali papers published in London and were at
the same time adapted and broadcast over the BBC, Somali Service.
Joohkle is a lute player and singer, who composed the winning
song in the National Somali Prize in 1973. This acclaimed national
prize resulted in him becoming famous throughout Somali territory.
In 1983 he also won the prize for Best Singer with his own compositions
and has subsequently been invited to sing on the radio in Somali. He
came to live in England in 1994, works in modern Somali theatre productions
and has produced two CDs. He was is one of the artist featured new
Somali sound CD available at Oxford House.
Bogdan Tiganov from Brãila, Romania has been published
in various magazines, including Exiled Ink!, Planet Magazine, Chanticleer,
Carillon, Aesthetica, Splizz, Orbis, Krax and Pretext and he has
also been interviewed for Time Out. He has had four books published
including Romanian for Sale, Tarnish, and Fakery.
Further information: Ayan Mahamoud, Head of Somali Art and Culture
at Oxford House ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk and
Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
Funded by Awards for All and the Arts Council
Oh! Art and Exiled Writers Ink invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion: Event 5
UnSilenced Voices:
exiled and second generation writers speak out on issues of there and here
Photo: Carlos Reyes-Manzo
Wednesday 30th January 2008 at 7 pm (Postponed from December 2007)
Oxford House Cafe, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG
(nearest tube: Bethnal Green)
Free
This is an exiled lit cafe event with Somali and other Exiled writers
and musicians, which takes place every 2 months and brings the work
of Somali and other exiled writers to the wider community of East London.
FEATURED GUESTS:
Zahrah Awaleh is British-Somali and was
born in Scunthorpe, South Humberside, now located in North Lincolnshire,
England. The town was a booming steel town when her father arrived
and settled there in the 1950s. She read Arabic at the School of
Oriental and African Studies and returned there to read a Masters
in Islamic Studies after working in Hargeisa, Somaliland with the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Her literary work includes
a chapter “Daughter of Diaspora” in the newly published
book, Silent Voices (Monsoon Press, 2007).
Abdi Bahdoon also known as Book of Rhymes, is a
young Somali poet, lyricist and actor whose work appears in Silent
Voices. He has starred in a short film 'Mask Up' and in 'The
Bill'. Born in war-torn Somalia, Abdi was subjected to appalling
violence.
Shereen Pandit prize-winning South African born
short story writer. She was a law lecturer and political activist
in South Africa before coming to Britain in 1986, where she completed
a PhD and also taught law. Her first short story won a prize
in a literary competition in 1996. She has since published stories
in several literary magazines and anthologies in the UK and Ireland
and has won several writing competitions for adult and children's
writing. She is currently working on her first novel and a collection
of short stories for and about women in South Africa.
Carlos Reyes-Manzo poet and photographer, was born
in Chile and lives in exile in the UK. His poetry book, Oranges
in Times of Moon, was published in February 2006. In October
2006 he participated in Sidaja International Poetry Festival
in Trieste, Italy. He has participated in numerous poetry readings.
His poetry has been read on radio and television and published
in books and newspapers. He is currently working on his second
book of poetry.
WIN A PRIZE!
Further information: Ayan Mahamoud, Head of Somali Art and Culture
at Oxford House ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk and
Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
Funded by Awards for All
The Project will end with a training day: Oh Art! and Exiled Writers
Ink are offering an important, free workshop for Somali and other exiled
poets
Oh! Art and Exiled Writers Ink invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion: Event 4
Wednesday 24 October 2007, 7pm – 9:30, £5
Breaking the Silence; the Voices of Somali Women
with the great Maryan Mursal and writers: Zahrah Awaleh and Keena-Diid
Caynaane
Maryan Mursal began singing as a teenager in Mogadishu in 1966. As
one of the first female singers to make a sucuccses ful as member of Waaberi
band. After the civil she and her young family walked - out of Mogadishu, across
Kenya, through Ethiopia, recrossing Somalia again and eventually arriving in
Djibouti where she was luckily given asylum by the Danish embassy. Maryan as
unique she is one of the few Somali artist she has two Real world albums on
her name.
Zahrah Awaleh is British-Somali; her work includes; a
chapter
“Daughter of Diaspora” of newly published book the “Silent
Voices”
Keena-Diid Caynaane -was born in Mogadishu and came to
Britain in 1993 as a refugee fleeing from Somalia. She works for
an NGO and writes literature on the life of Somali immigrants.
She recounts beautifully observed narratives of London life.
Part of “Somali Week Festival 07”: Saturday 20th to Sunday
28th October 2007
Oxford House in partnership with a range of organisations is pleased to present
the Somali Week Festival as a part of Black History Month.
For more information about the Festival Programme, call Ayan Mahamoud, the Festival
Coordinator on 020 7749 1140 or e-mail her on: ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk
For bookings contact Magda Budzowska on mags.budzowska@oxfordhouse.org.uk or
020 7739 9001, extension 1108
Oh! Art and Exiled Writers Ink invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion: Event 3
War and Peace
with Somali, Bosnian and Iranian writers and musicians
www.flickr.com
Wednesday 15th August 2007 at 7 pm
Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG (nearest tube:
Bethnal Green)
This is a new exiled lit cafe event with Somali and other Exiled writers
and musicians, which takes place every 2 months and brings the work
of Somali and other exiled writers to the wider community of East London.
FEATURED GUESTS:
Darija Stojnic
Darija Stojnic is from Sarajevo, Bosnia, Former Yugoslavia where she
lived until the outbreak of war in Sarajevo in 1992. She came to England
as a refugee in 1993. She now works as a counsellor having completed
a Diploma in Integrative Counselling with specialisation for refugees.
Darija writes short stories some of them having been published in SaLon,
The Big Issue and in the anthologies Crossing the Border and The Silver
Throat of the Moon (published Five Leaves). She also works as a journalist
writing a column for Bosniak Post which is published in Norway.
Aar Band
Aar’s music is ultimately influenced by social and political
issues. Aar (meaning male lion in Somali) is a musician from Somalia
now living in the UK. Aar’s debut album was called Maanta, ('today').
Aar sings about the plight of the Somali people, how civil war and
corruption has affected them and their country and yet a sense of positivism
pervades his music with strong messages of peace, unity and progression
for a better world. His subtle use of traditional Somali rhythms mixed
with modern rhymes and instruments has made Aar’s sound unique.
Aar will perform with his Algerian colleague from the Aar band and
Said Hussein will play the lute.
Mahdad Majdian
Mahdad Majdian is a poet from Iran whose work explores the themes
of freedom, resistance and the delicacy of life. He has performed his
work at a range of venues in London.
Further information: Ayan Mahamoud, Head of Somali Art and Culture
at Oxford House ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk and
Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
Funded by Awards for All
Oh! Art and Exiled Writers Ink invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion: Event 2
Across the African Divide
with Somali and Algerian writers and musicians
Photo: Stanley Langer
Wednesday 27th June 2007 at 7 pm,
Oxford House Cafe, Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG
(nearest tube: Bethnal Green)
This is a new exiled lit cafe event with Somali and other Exiled writers
and musicians, which will take place every 2 months and bring the work
of Somali and other exiled writers to the wider community of East London.
FEATURED GUESTS:
Hudaydi - king of the oud and poet
Tahar Lamri - Algerian born poet exiled in Italy
Mohamed Bashe Hassan - author of two recently published books
Further information: Ayan Mahamoud, Head of Somali Art and Culture
at Oxford House ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk and
Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
Oh! art based at Oxford House, Bethnal Green and Exiled Writers Ink
invite you to
Somali and Exiled Voices Fusion Launch
on Wednesday 25th April 2007 at 7 pm at Oxford House
Cafe, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG (nearest tube: Bethnal Green).
This is a new exiled lit cafe event with Somali and other Exiled writers
and musicians, which will take place every 2 months and bring the work
of Somali and other exiled writers to the wider community of East London.
Our featured guests are:
Ali Ahmed Rabi 'Seenyo’ poet, song writer, playwright
and director
Ziba Karbassi, exciting young Iranian poet
Botaan, poet
They will be accompanied by Dararamle, one of the most famous
lute players and vocalists in Somali society.
The evening will be chaired by Dr Martin Orwin, Somali specialist,
of the School of Oriental and African and Studies (tbc).
Translation of some of the Somali work by Said Jama.
REFRESHMENTS
If you are a Somali or other Exiled writer, poet or musician and wish
to take part on this open mic Café, please email:
Ayan Mahamoud, Head of Somali Art and Culture at Oxford House ayan.mahamoud@oxfordhouse.org.uk
or Jennifer Langer, Exiled Writers Ink director jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk
The Spiro Ark together with Exiled Writers Ink
Sunday 13 May 2007, 7.00 for 7.30pm
In the Footsteps of the Word Gatherer
On a rare visit from France and performing in English and French:
Yvan Tetelbom: the Jewish performance poet
born in Algeria with Polish roots and exiled in France.
Accompanied by Cristiane Bonnay: classical
accordionist, born in Dakar, Senegal.
Introduced by: Jennifer Langer, founder
of Exiled Writers Ink
At the Spiro Ark Centre – 25-26 Enford St, W1, £5
For Bookings: The Spiro Ark
25-26 Enford Street, London, W1H 1DW
Tel: 020 7723 9991, Fax: 020 7723 8191
Email: education@spiroark.org Web
site: www.spiroark.org
Yvan Tetelbom – was born in 1947
in Port Gueydon, Algeria and has Polish, Algerian and Jewish roots.
He is currently exiled in France. Before becoming a poet, he trained
as an actor and singer, performing in France, Hungary, Israel and
the Palestinian territories. His most recent anthology of poetry
is entitled 'Prayers and Confessions'. His work has been widely broadcast
on regional, national and international radio and television and
he has performed his poetry at national and international literary
festivals and events in a wide range of venues and countries.
His grandparents fled from Poland because of the pogroms at the beginning
of the last century. They spoke Yiddish mixed with Kabyle (an Amasigh
language) while he learnt French at school. He had a carefree upbringing
in a Kabyle village by the Mediterranean in spite of the war in which
the Algerians were engaged against France. Relations were good between
the Jews and Kabyles and even during the War of Independence the Jews
helped those revolting against the French occupation. However, because
of Middle East tensions, bad feelings towards the Jews developed causing
the Teltelboms to leave for France in 1962.
Cristiane Bonnay – was born in Dakar
(Sénégal) and studied in Chambéry, at the Hannover
Conservatory of Music and with Frederich Lips in Moscow. She has won
numerous prizes including the President of the Republic prize and the
World Accordion Cup in Auckland. She currently teaches at the Académie
de Musique, Prince Rainier III and at the Menton Conservatoire. She
also established the Association for the Promotion and Development
of the Accordion.
Exiled Writers Ink with the Museum of London
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Belonging?
part of the Belonging Exhibition at the Museum of London
An evening discussion event, 7.00 pm
Alfredo Cordal - Ziba Karbassi - Saadi Yousef - Brian Chikwava
chaired by Jennifer Langer
will create a forum for an exploration of the notion of “belonging”.
In conjunction with Exiled Writers Ink, and with readings and discussion,
this event will be a fascinating insight into what it means to belong
or not to belong.
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/belonging
Exiled Writers Ink with Roehampton University invite
you to
The launch of issue 5 of the magazine ‘Exiled
Ink!’
Thursday 27th April 2006 at 6.30 pm
Refreshments, performance and discussion
Portrait Room, Froebel College, Roehampton University,
Roehampton Lane, SW15 85SL
MEMORY IN EXILE
The exile lives in a space between the familiarised host
land and the homeland, realm of the imaginary. Memory in the life of
the exile maintains a tenuous balance between homesickness and amnesia
about the past. For exiled writers, personal and cultural memory becomes
a creative means of exorcising the trauma of loss of homeland.
Samira Al-Mana, born in Basra, Iraq and is author
of five novels, a play and collections of short stories. Umbilical
Cord was recently translated into English. She was the deputy editor
of Alightrab Al-Adabi, a magazine of exile.
Alfredo Cordal, born in Chile and is a performance
poet and playwright. He has written and produced several plays in London
including: The Last Judgement, The Investiture of El Dorado, Smoking
of Mirror and A Passion in Buenos Aires. His poetry has appeared in
a range of publications.
Soheila Ghodstinat, born in Tehran and since
leaving Iran, has lived in seven countries. She is author of A Journey
to Starland, her autobiography. She wrote for and performed in the
Exiled Writers Ink European production ‘And the City Spoke’.
Nigar Hasan-Zadeh, born in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Her award-winning collection of poetry is entitled On Wings Over the
Horizon. Her collection Under Alien Clouds is being translated from
the Russian by Richard McKane and Elaine Feinstein. Nigar’s work
appears in An Anthology of Contemporary Russian Women Poets, Carcanet,
2005
Chaired by Isabelle Romaine of Exiled Writers
Ink
Exiled Writers Ink! in the
Wordwide Festival
Neither Here Nor There &
Breaking the Silence: Somali women speak out
Saturday 27 September
Shepherds Bush Library, 7 Uxbridge Road, Shepherds
Bush, W12
To book a place call 020 8753 3842 or just come along
1.30 - 3.30pm
If you are Arabic and have always wanted to write or
perform, get involved with this high-profile project taking place in
Hammersmith & Fulham and Ealing and join us for the launch of Neither
Here Nor There.
In Breaking the Silence: Women Speak Out, Somali
women perform an extract of this powerful and emotional work created
for Refugee Week by Exiled Writers Ink! and Somali women from the Horn
of Africa Women's Association. An interactive workshop on the theme
of journeys will follow.
