Rawanee - Let Creativity Flow
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Rawanee has been hosting events since 2020, both online and in person in London.
Scroll down for details about upcoming and past events.
For play performances and readings, please visit Rawanee.com/when-we-arrive
Our new initiative, Storytelling with Rawanee, allows space for stories to be told: your own, observed, learnt. True stories and fiction.
Our first event, held on 15 Dec,
will be themed to The Patriarchy. You may share stories, prose and poetry to the theme. This will be followed by our signature poetry Mehfil
The world is a terrible place right now and silence is not the answer.
Join us and share your voices for peace and resistance.
All languages welcome (with English translation). All communities welcome. Original and classic literary works welcome.
Be a part of the global majority that asks for peace.
At The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London
Online event, with recitations of Arabic, Urdu & Turkish poetry with English translation, and a multilingual open mic segment
Inclusive of recitations from Islington, Ireland and Rawanee stanzas and an open mic event
"When We Arrive" is a story of Dounia (the world) and Iman (faith).
Two migrants reflect on the past and present with a mix of nostalgia and cynicism. Amidst the chaos and conflict they face, a voice of Sufic mysticism still guides.
Creatives Involved
Dounia (A migrant. Played and written by Hana Ormara); Iman (A migrant. Played and written by Muniba Mahmud); Sufi (The voice that reminds. Played by Ali Syed, written by Shaheryar Mirza); The Villain (The voice that mocks. Played by Ruhi Amir Alam, written by Ruhi, Saba, Rafey, Laiba).
Story creator: Muniba Mahmud
First performed as a reading at Victoria Library on 20th July 2024, as part of the SouthWestFest
The event brought together poets and creatives with origins from across Europe, the Middle East and South Asia in a vision of unity and a better future
Rawanee collaborated with The Poetry Society for an international and multilingual poetry night in February 2024.
The event hosted an lineup of eight poets including multiple award winning ones, from across the UK & internationally.
Members from multiple Poetry Society stanzas participated. Rawanee members participated from multiple cities including London, Cardiff, Islamabad, Karachi.
Hosted in collaboration with Lakeer magazine in May 2024
A separate event was hosted for youth and emerging talent on the same day
Multilingual mehfil
Online
Attended by Poetry Society Stanzas and our members from across the world
Multilingual mehfil
Online
Attended by Poetry Society Stanzas and our members from across the world
Hybrid event in collaboration with SOAS
Conversation on Decolonisation of Thought & Identity,
and Poetry
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