Kamitan Arts - Non-Profit Community Company in London

This piece 'Ismi' اسمي by our inspirational female poetess whom @KamitanArts KA's EmpresS *1 had the pleasure to meet and share the same stage with at the Poetry Cafe all the way back in 2001! Suheir Hammad ( سهير حماد ), is one of the authentic diverse female poets that we chose to share with the Kensington Aldridge Academy 's (KAA) students at the start of the week for their 'Lit Fest 2023'. Kamitan Arts (KA) had much joy in introducing our culturally diverse students to a poetess that they connected with and had never heard of before we shared this simple yet empowering piece by her, touching upon identity, perceptions, misconceptions and cultural appropriation. The theme of the Lit Fest is #Embrace and we are very pleased that the KAA students began to share and 'embrace' their identity, feeling proud of who they are and where they come from as well as experimenting with their bi-lingual tongues, that we at KA always encourage!