امينةAmina Atiq
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🇾🇪Yemeni-British Poet | creative researcher | facilitator | social activist | faith | access to arts| Critical Friend for @CuriousMindsNW @LivEveryplay
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Thank you all so much for the messages of support across all social media platforms for my commissioned poem & performance for the
@TNLUK
Big
@Eurovision
Welcome.
I hope you enjoy the poem, Daifa 💫
@LanternCompany
@LIPALiverpool
#Eurovision2023
#Eurovision
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My train home from London to Liverpool was a nightmare. As you can hear in the video, I couldn't even speak probably. To be told that I shouldn't speak my own language in this country and I should only speak English. This is my resistance, it is the reason I write.
@VirginTrains
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On my joyful day off, a fella just walked past me in Liverpool One and said, 'hate these Pa*kis'
I hate this city sometimes.
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It is the experience of 'othering'
The us and you.
And 'We benefited from immigration'.
It is always the narrative we have to offer something or give something.
Not all of us want to be Asian doctors. We can't all save lives.
Some of us want to garden & write poetry.
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I’ve been in Liverpool for 24 years. My grandparents came to Liverpool in 1966 from Yemen.
Sometimes I am in denial of the racism & Islamophobia in Liverpool because when you love the place you grew up in, you only want to see its growth.
Past few days, I am concerned.
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10 years ago I was getting on a busy bus after school and the bus driver accused me of 'bunking on'. He put his arm out, pushed me and called me a 'paki'. I stood up for myself (context: we were exposed to racism everyday) I spat at him. 3 months later, I was 'arrested'. (1/..)
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Thank you everyone. I'm okay. You get on with your day.
I would encourage reporting it. But experiencing it, then reporting is just draining
Just an observation in my comments. I know all mean well. Please refrain from using 'Our' city, and 'You' are welcome here. Fu*ck I am
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Overwhelmed by the solidarity. Thank you.
How can you support?
• Speak up publicly
• Bystanders can also report a hate-crime
• Support your local newsagents
• Support your local activists
• Write to your local MPs
• Employ more people of colour
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The far-right did not gather to riot in Liverpool from other places in the country. Though the city has a strong anti-fascist tradition, they are from Liverpool. Until we admit we have a far-right influence in this city, the quicker we can accept we have an issue
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Challenge your own stereotypical thoughts
• Teach your children about world cultures
• Make room for anti-racism education
• Learn about the History of Systemic Racism
• Build an anti-racist workplace/home
• Read & buy books on anti-racism
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Liverpool showed up against hatred. Against Racism. Against Islamophobia. For love. Refugees & migrants are welcome! (
@AsylumLink
is closed for the week & 100s depend on the building every week. Sending so much love to all staff, users & volunteers)
#liverpool
#RiotsinUK
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He told me he was a proud 'left wing' and that makes him not racist.
He tells me that he travelled to Saudi Arabia and he didn't see any activists/ trying to tell me that this country gave me the freedom to be who I want to be but why did he assume I was Saudi?
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National Lottery’s
Big Eurovision Welcome
I was nervous to wear Yemeni clothing, conscious that it’s not cool enough for the Eurovision. I am so glad I did in the end. I felt Yemen in all of me while performing -welcoming our friends to Liverpool 🇺🇦
#Eurovision2023
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People asking for video evidence-
We are not here to make you believe us. We are not responsible for gathering evidence. We both know racism/ islamophobia exists in Liverpool
Minority is huge. The impact has taken people's lives. Injured people and left our communities hurt.
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His friend tries to defend his friend/ telling me that they have a whattsapp group with all their friends and one day they started posting racist posts in the group.... but he disagreed with them blah blah. There was no point in the story.
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To the passionate Scousers.
I speak like you. My grandad's first business was born here in the60s My father's childhood was in L15. I write love letters to this city. But 24 years of racism and islamophobia exists because it is my experience. So sometimes I do hate this city.
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When covid is over, I am inviting you all into my gaff for Yemeni tea. Gran will buy you flowers and chocolates.
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Excited to announce that my
@ace_national
project grant is successful: to continue developing one-woman show, Broken Biscuits & online workshops around Yemeni identity & cross-generational conversations. Open to all, friends of Yemen, poetry lovers & passionate storytellers.
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Don't be blinded by love.
Make room for progressive change.
This is one experience of so many. You have no idea of the comments and huffs. The change of attitude when we speak Scouse. This is only one person. This is much more that goes on.
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I’m so excited to announce I will be joining the big stage of St George’s Hall Plateau Liverpool Sunday 7th May 8.00pm
I will be sharing a commissioned poem inviting our friends from Ukraine to Liverpool. The world in one city 💫
Photo by
@robinscamera
#Eurovision2023
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Finally a graduate of 2019
@LJMU
I started University in 2015, studying English and Creative Writing and half way through the course one of English lectures, noticed that I was a passionate student but when I came to express myself in written form, I was struggling to answer the
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Happy 25th to me.
Midnight birthday photos in my robe, lockdown with my sisters and observing Ramadan. AlhamdiAllah
#lockdownhustle
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I never saw the bus driver again. I did not get on another bus to school again. School was over and this is only a few stories of many. I teach my 15 year old sister to defend herself, to know her rights and remind her we will not allow anyone to racially abuse us.
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Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister.
The reason I am voting for Labour, as a Yemeni-Muslim scouser I grew up in a community were we had no political influence to participate in any political or social issues because I personally felt like there was no-one I could relate to.
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I am honoured to have my writing published in the
@Independent
But more importantly, I ask if we could continue sharing the petition - linked in the article.
Thank you to
@KajalOdedra1
and
@Change
for supporting this!
@StephenTwigg
@TheresaMEP
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Reflecting on the comments:
The last thing I want to do is tweet about racism. Makes me feel uncomfortable. Some of the comments welcoming me back to the city I live in. The apologies. I don't like pity. I want strength. I want to see progressive change.
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I have been commissioned by
@NorthPowerWomen
to write a new piece for their awards night 2020 -next month.
I need help from my fellow Northern women and men..what makes us special?
Thoughts, words, ideas, stories would be appreciated.
Thank you ❣
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Gratitude to the amazing work our scousers in this city. Since the beginning of the war Liverpool responded and it continues to fight. Non-Yemenis who have stood next to us, to our local Mps, councillors, neighbours, friends and are still here. Thank you.
#YemenCantWait
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Today's March in Liverpool
#SaveYemen
Impressive to see so many young people from our city coming together.
@SabaLiverpool
message of hope was important to highlight despite the anger and frustration we are feeling.
Pressure your local MP
Donate
And share
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I am absolutely heartbroken to hear the news Abdul Razak Mossa passed away this morning. He was very passionate about the young people in our city and made sure he played a role in making a difference in their lives. He was a mentor and a best friend. It's a sad day for Liverpool
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When the far-right in Liverpool burn down their local library means they don’t care about the kids of this city, nor the country they are so passionate about saving. They are reflecting their own life issues and projecting it on their scapegoats to fix.
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I have thought about taking off my hijab & life will be easier. But when France is threatened & muslim women have to fight to keep it on.
I am reminded that this fabric has it's own superpowers, one that rattles cages.
#HandsOffMyHijab
Western feminists can we hear you now?
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Picked up issue 110 of
@BidoLito
Thank you
@MsLaura_Brown
for the emotive writing & a collaboration shoot with
@robinscamera
@elliot_ryder
bringing my Yemeni identity to the cover 🇾🇪
Thank you for allowing me to be my Yemeni-scouse vulnerable self
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I took a trip around Liverpool& vlogged- recollecting childhood memories, of a new-arrival immigrant in Britain from Yemen. Video captioned below too
Postcards available at
@unitytheatre
Tag me in your photos
#scousepilgrimage
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Stuck in war-torn Yemen, 8 hours through checkpoints, 4 day travel, PPE testing, 20 hours waiting, 4 flights, two cancellations. My mother and brother have arrived to Manchester and it was never a guaranteed flight out of Yemen.
This is a pandemic and a blockade.
#Yemen
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It was dads birthday this week- 51 and going strong. When the pandemic hit, mum was stuck in Yemen& despite all the challenges that come with Asperger's syndrome, my father lost 5 stones, cared and loved us & we are so proud of him. He is the best father
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I am officially published with 11 other amazing poets. Blessed!
Words First collection is available at Waterstones, Amazon and
@OWNITLDN
.
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As much as I want it to come home, the England flag makes me feel uncomfortable
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You know the films when the Muslim girl falls in love with a cute white boy, runs away from home & takes her hijab off.
It happens. I was in Year 9. His name was Billy & he lived in Kirby. I waited for him at the 60 bus stop but he never turned up.
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I was pushed by the bus driver, called a 'paki'. But the bus driver was not punished. A 15 year old muslim girl was punished for her actions. Bus drivers every day would pass our stop, they would not stop the bus when a white boy was punching me in the face. He told me to get off
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We can’t reach our families in Yemen through the internet. YemenNet was destroyed last night by Saudi-UAE & it’s supporters. This month has been horrific. They have bombed stadiums, family homes, hospitals. An internet blackout can only get worse from here
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Just walking home; a car drives past me and a mid-20 year old white man shouts, 'rag head'
The comment does not bother me anymore, it is the drive past and shout. Coward.
Parts of me blames
@BorisJohnson
When he can make similar comments 'letter box'. Then others will.
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Fabulous evening
@LpoolCityRegion
Culture & Creativity Awards 2023. Congratulations to all finalists & winners. Thrilled to share poetry at
@ShakespeareNP
-thank you for having me! ❤️
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When your mother is spoken to by a public member in a rude manner because she struggles to articulate herself in English.
Disapora child, 2nd generation migrant:
with the scousest accent:
'Scuse me, is there a problem here?'
Public member: Panic
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This morning started with so much anxiety. But this evening outside Asylum Link, it has stored humanity again. Thank you Liverpool. More of this please!
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I am honoured to announce that I have been chosen for the Young Associates role for Curious Minds. (2019-2021)
Creativity and education is a beautiful combination.
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'Dressed in my Arabic attire and my sister in her LFC kit, this is a typical day in our Yemeni-Scouse household'.
#RiseTogether
#LFC
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Yesterday in London, walking around Oxford Street & overheard two guys behind me 'Liverpool team is great but their accent is disgusting especially the fans'
Of course, turned my head 180, put on my strongest Scouse
'eee excuse me, who you talking about, are Liverpool? '
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Morning beautiful people. Covid slapped me, dragged me & tried to steal my soul.
Glad to be back and ready to create some art.
Anti-covid people who have made this pandemic even more difficult,
just hide. I hope this year is all about 'we' & not 'me, I & my freedom'.
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Look out for Scouse Pilgrimage this week, celebrating journeys to Liverpool. This for immigrants by immigrants. Time for change in narrative, to begin with writing our own stories. To tell it differently, to find self-love in our identities & to heal
Commissioned
@unitytheatre
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Last year I was part of a show, Girls on Girls on BBC3. The production team was Little Gems. The treatment I received throughout the filming was horrendous. I have not openly spoken about it publicly. For the past year it has affected my life in so many ways.
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I was asked to share my work of choice by a national channel. I shared poems on the theme of racism and Islamophobia and this was the response.
What is 'lighter' and appropriate?
Is this structural racism?
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Twitter we need your support.
Friends of ours will be deported this week but we can stop this.
Cancel the charter flights deporting Yemeni asylum seekers - Petition
@UKChange
@KajalOdedra1
@CAATuk
@STWuk
@Challenge19_20
@AbdullaRafiq
@abdulBqadir
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Absolutely love this. True visual representation to be Yemeni- Scouse.
Skirts & daggers
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Poets gift
@20storieshigh
second bus stop location outside TAK on Smithdown road, Liverpool. Catch the poems until end of the month. Take photos 📸 and tag
@20storieshigh
Poets Gift created with Muslim young people in Liverpool
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Absolutely saddened to see all the upcoming creative events get cancelled this weekend in Liverpool due to safety
It’s the summer holidays & many families are struggling financially& having access to free creative activities for children & adults is what we need
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Thrilled to be chosen for the
@NorthPowerWomen
awards Future List 2022 amongst incredible & talented women
#NWPAwards
#WeArePower
Looking forward to celebrating
#futurelist
Thank you
@SimoneRoche
for the support always ❤️
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We will be celebrating Eid at home with style. 😅
*still waiting for my Arab prince to text me.
#StayAtHome
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Bus driver tells a woman to mind her own business after an altercation on the bus between another passenger. She wanted to help.
She responds to back to him. ''I won't, this is my community".
is right.
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Got off train at Euston. The atmosphere in London is intense. People demanding for a ceasefire- heading towards Hyde Park. Pre marches outside Euston. Palestinian flags everywhere. Ceasefire now! Protests happenings across the Country- across the World. Enough is enough
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Last few weeks I’ve been working closely with
@20StoriesHigh
for a new public art project for Muslim young people in Liverpool 8. This project came out of a conversation of care. We saw there was an opportunity to bring a safe space for muslim young people around L8 to explore
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Meet Atiq. The other half to my name. My first love, My father. He is living with Asperger's Syndrome but the most intelligent, self-motivated and strongest person I know. He takes pride in his children and we love and appreciate him.
#MentalHealthAwareness
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Mirco tours
@BidoLito
starting mid-day for 20 minute set. First public performance in 6 months- sweatin'.
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I went to Palestine 2018 on a student exchange. What you see, feel & hear is true. Most of it, we don't get to see on social media. The emotional abuse Palestinian children have to endure while passing checkpoints is not a life to live. My privilege, I had a British passport.
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At the Pier Head
@WindowsProject_
running workshops
@MuseumLiverpool
here until 3pm with
@BookwormPlayers
@Blue_Saint
@verityreid
@JohnnieMaguire
@wowfest
@LiverpoolWrites
@ace_national
@lpoolcouncil
writing sessions live spoken word, tell you all about Write to Work programme
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6 months ago, Gran was fighting for her life in hospital with Covid, today we just broke our second day fast and scanned a biryani, samosa with yogurt mint sauce. Liverpool not giving us a win tonight but not losing, fair play.
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Just for perspective:
I have filmed on
@Liverpool_ONE
and within 2mins staff in bright red jackets have stopped me, because I can't film on private owned land.
A physical attack, verbal abuse. We don't see no staff. This is not just my own observation. So many feel the same.
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and (muslim) girls like us would wait for each other at the bus stop going to school and going home. We would do a check list to make sure everyone was here. We would not leave anyone behind. We only had each other and we knew it.
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Found this photo of my grandma and grandad in Liverpool, 1980s.
I am adding this to my collection for Scouse Pilgrimage supported by
@unitytheatre
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My gran-ma told me they had a corner shop on Lawrence road {1970s} and they sold broken biscuits.
Tomorrow night
@LightNightLpool
I will be sharing an adaptation of new developed play Broken Biscuits- untangling what it means to belong on the streets of Liverpool
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Last year, I wrote a poem about this, it was published and performed in different venues across the country. Today, I visit this memory for the first time to understand what had happened and why the police stopped me from sharing the full truth.
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Drunk guy falls off his bike, I help him up. Falls again nearly tipping me off the curb edge. Finally got him on and on his way.
Something falls off his ankle.
I am on Smithdown road with his GPS ankle monitor in my hand 🤣😑
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I want to bring
@Liverpool_ONE
in this conversation.
Last four years, I have wanted to connect with L1 & tried to set up a meeting. Many friends & family have experienced a high level of racism. Physical too.
I was promised a meeting with the Director but I never heard back
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Special thanks to everyone who joined ‘Arts for Peace-To Gaza With Love' Peace Doves by Lantern Company. To all the volunteers & poets
@wowfest
@arabicartsfest
@squashliverpool
@livirishfest
@wearefirsttake
@africaoye
@mandela800
Liverpool city of love & we cry for you Gaza
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A white boy shouts from the other side, 'where
do you come from?' I picking at my skin, scarred
with mosquito bites to remind me what is marked
shall never be forgotten. In my perfect broken English scouse,
'I come from here'.
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So much was going on at Manchester. Pakistan win game. Fireworks set off in the middle of Curry Mile. Liverpool scores 5-0. Dads sends me a pic of his Sunday roast and can of coke. Mums got no idea. I am a happy girl who's upset so many MU fans in Manchester today.
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You can now listen to show
@bbcpoetryplease
as I join Roger McGough speaking all identity, home & belonging
Thank you for sending your requests, poems included work by DH Lawrence, Danez Smith, Zaffar Kunial & Anne Stevenson. Producer
@theMaggieAyre
.
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I called nana who is at hospital, positive Covid and the first thing she says to me in Arabic,
'Why you calling, unless you going to get me out of here'.
Then puts the phone down on my face*
Breaks my heart but could not help but laugh at the attitude.
#ScouseNana
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Calling Yemeni creatives in Liverpool This is an opportunity to network & discuss all art, Yemen, culture & heritage. Meet up in Arabic & English
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Muslim international students harassed
@Liverpool_ONE
by racist & islamophobic yesterday afternoon. 'i am English 💩'
I am embarrassed but not surprised.
@Liverpool_ONE
what are you doing to protect people? This is not the first time
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I started wearing the Hijab at the age of 13, it was the most exciting experience. It is was a big part of my identity and still is. It taught me strength & resilience.
Meanwhile French Senate has voted to ban hijab for under 18.
#jesuisHijab
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Watching Liverpool game in Egypt is a different feeling of love. I thought we loved our Mo but here, 'he is the eyes of our country' (overheard the table behind me)
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This evening me and my mum spoke of trauma, I tried my best to articulate in Arabic how I feel. Third day of Ramadan, we shared stories of the past & there were a few tears, happy ones. Strange too. I never thought I would ever have this conversation with mum.
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Liverpool I need your help
I am writing a monologue about Liverpool under the pandemic. I want this written work to represent Liverpool & the people.
How did we as a city react to the pandemic?
What divided us? What united us?
What does the future look like for Liverpool?
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A boy called Tony who abused us physically and verbally every single day. The school knew, bus drivers knew. Nothing was done to protect us. We would get hit with snowballs with rocks inside of them. We would hide behind school bus stops and scream. Hoping the next bus would stop
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Thank you
@unitytheatre
for a lovely day back. Free drink at the door, a friendly chat with the staff, professional photos taken. It was so good to see so many artists. Looking forward to the upcoming productions. Feel blessed to be an artist in Liverpool.
WELCOME BACK DAY 2!
We’re opening our doors again today to our 2021 programmed artists
WELCOME BACK
@AminaAtiqpoetry
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Part of Scouse Pilgrimage supported by
@unitytheatre
I am creating postcards with poetic memos of my families immigration story to Liverpool. This is our boss Scouse stamp printed alongside the postcodes. They will be available to pick up at the Unity or
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Feeling blessed to be in Egypt to see my family after 10 years & to network with the Yemeni community, those of writers, artists and activists.
Conversations have been filled with love and hope in the eyes of our Yemen. For the first time I feel lost but found. Here but nowhere
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Yemeni people do not need bombs, they need food- you might not see/hear about Yemen on our screens but the war has not ended.
@oxfaminternational
@oxfamgb
@CAATuk
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I am a Migrant: Yemen to Liverpool
Join us by sharing your place of travel and make sure to tag
#tagitright
#PopxChange
Celebrating your migrant story is tagging yourself right.
#Yemen
#Liverpool
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