Upcoming events - November
Poets for Peace
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.
Upcoming events - December
Storytelling & Mehfil with Rawanee: Challenging the Patriarchy
4:00 PM Share stories and read fictional pieces about challenging the patriarchy
4:40 PM Share poetry recitations
This is an open mic event requiring registration. Please drop us an email after booking the event on the link below, at Rawanee.submit@gmail.com
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, and will be followed by our signature poetry Mehfil
Past Events: 2024
Lyrics of Migration - Play Preview & Open Mic
At The Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London
Inspired by the Seerah & other Spiritual Poetry
Online event, with recitations of Arabic, Urdu & Turkish poetry with English translation, and a multilingual open mic segment
Rawanee x The Poetry Society’s Stanza Bonanza and Open Mic - August 2024
Inclusive of recitations from Islington, Ireland and Rawanee stanzas and an open mic event
When We Arrive
"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
Word Tent: in collaboration with Qisetna & Palewell Press at the SouthWestFest 2024
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
Mehfil with Rawanee: in collaboration with The Poetry Society
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.
Mehfil with Rawanee in Collaboration with Lakeer Magazine
Hosted in collaboration with Lakeer magazine in May 2024
A separate event was hosted for youth and emerging talent on the same day
PAST events - mehfil with rawanee - 2023
Inspired
Voice of a People
Light & Darkness
Multilingual mehfil
Online
Attended by Poetry Society Stanzas and our members from across the world
Light & Darkness
Voice of a People
Light & Darkness
Multilingual mehfil
Online
Attended by Poetry Society Stanzas and our members from across the world
Voice of a People
Voice of a People
Voice of a People
Hybrid event in collaboration with SOAS
Conversation on Decolonisation of Thought & Identity,
and Poetry