Talk & book signing event. We have invited Sawsan Al Areeqe to come and share her story with our local community.
Sawsan Al-Areeqe is a poet and filmmaker from Yemen. She is the author of four poetry collections. The Square of Pain was the subject of a documentary film as a graduation project (Sana’a 2004). More Than Necessary received the Literature Award from Lebanon (2007). What if My Blood Turned into Chocolate won the Creative Award in Sana’a (2011). Her fourth collection, Expired Death, was written during her Artist Protection Fellowship in Glasgow University (2018|2019). Previously, Sawsan held a writer’s residence position in the USA, following an invitation from Iowa University’s International Writing Program (2013).
Adam Pensotti will be joining us to share his experience leading the Canon Young People Programme across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where he supports young people to express themselves through photography and visual media. Drawing on his international photography work, including with refugees and people seeking asylum, Adam will explore how visual storytelling can build confidence, self-expression and connection. He will also show photographs taken in UNHCR’s Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan in 2023.
