Hikayat-e-Aamm - Our Stories Told: A Culture Fest
About this Event
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Doors 11:30am · Programme 12pm–4pm · Mingling 4pm–4:30pm
About the Day
- Two global majority anthology launches.
- Live singing performances (English) and recorded soul-stirring music from Surtaal Academy, Lahore (Urdu/Punjabi)
- Live readings from our poetic play When We Arrive — migrations, faith, Sufi mysticism, chaos, conflict.
- Special feature — Gaza poets remembering Refaat Alareer.
- Conversations and poetry - primarily in English, with additional work in Urdu, Arabic and Turkish. Fully accessible to all.
- Visual arts, food, and books on sale
- Free and concessionary tickets available — email us.
Everyone is welcome. Everyone belongs.
Supporting Partners: British Pakistan Foundation · Qisetna
Ticket proceeds will fund creative writing workshops for refugee and conflict-impacted poets in the Rawanee community.
If you cannot afford the ticket fee, please email us [email protected] and we will add you to the guest list
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About Rawanee
is a London-based literary and performing arts organisation promoting community creativity since 2020. We work across events, podcasts and publications — including online and hybrid initiatives that bring together voices from across the world.
We bring together and give a platform to global majority voices. Rooted in the Pakistani diaspora literary tradition and open to all who share our values. Our work centres under-represented voices with authenticity, care and creative rigour.
Collaborations include the Stephen Spender Trust, The Poetry Society, SOAS, Qisetna, the Bush Theatre and Palewell Press.
www.Instagram.com/rawanee.creatives | www.facebook.com/rawanee.creatives
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Launching Two New Anthologies
Chashma e Rawaan A flowing spring of founding poems, 2020–2025: A founding anthology of English and Urdu poems from Rawanee's first five years. Rooted in the themes of Bunyaad, Safar and Ruh — foundation, journey and soul — this collection brings together the work of Rawanee's founding poets
Where Latitudes Meet A global anthology, Bunyaad • Safar • Ruh: Curated in the UK from open call submissions worldwide, Where Latitudes Meet features poetry primarily in English with additional work in Urdu, Arabic and Turkish — global majority voices shaped by migration, belonging, resilience and faith
Where is it happening?
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