
Amani Saeed
@amanithepoet
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A writer taking it one day at a time. She/they. Founder and host of the hen-nah party, writer for Queer Parivaar, Barbican Young Poet.
United Kingdom
Joined November 2012
Tonight! 9pm-4am. OI YOU LOT, the experience. Grime sonnets from @ParkinsBrown A cypher helmed by @MADDISH1 Some of the best poets, MCs & DJs in the biz! At MOKO in Tottenham, one of their final events The last 4am finishing @NeopreneGenie till 2025! £5 💘 https://t.co/nH0oxBnj1u
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Elias Khoury on the greatest prize he ever won.
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One day of tragedy used to destroy hundreds of millions of lives over two decades. If our rage were allowed it would crumble mountains with its screams. 1. An anti-war protest sign, at a rally in DC, in 2005. This image was taken one month after the devastation of Hurricane
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What kind of bomb creates a 30-foot-deep crater? And what kind of regime uses such a bomb to attack a refugee camp filled with people displaced for the third or fourth time, after enduring 11 months of bombing, massacres, starvation, and disease?
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In a normal world, today 630,000 students from Gaza are supposed to start their educational year, but in the genocide era, today they lost the second educational year, and instead they are waiting in the water, food and aid distribution lines. Gaza, September 2024.
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Our response to today's publication of the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report
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The #YoungWritersCollective is open to sign ups until Sunday 29 September! If you're a SE London-based writer aged 16-25, check out this amazing free opportunity to connect with other young creatives & create work for #DeptfordLitFest! @STWevents
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The Grenfell Tower inquiry’s final report is out today for those who were affected. 7 years since the fire I can only imagine how they’re feeling. I know many will be thinking of them as well 💚
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I'm offering 3 free climate justice workshops for young people to take place in September. I'm looking to provide them for youth clubs, sports clubs and community groups. Send a request via my website
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Happy Tuesday. Just a reminder that applications are open for the third iteration of @V_and_A’s Inwrds programme, facilitated by myself and @TristanFAiduenu. More info below. Deadline: Aug 26th. Link: https://t.co/fePD9H11mw Apply apply ✨
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I've lived through many wars in Gaza, but something very different about this genocide is the intensity of the weapons and bombs. When I visit a location that has been recently bombed, I see flesh all over the walls and bodies torn to pieces. They are using powerful weapons that
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This is UN satellite data. As many Israeli soldiers and political leaders have openly said, the goal is to make sure people in Gaza have nothing left to return to. This is not a war "against Hamas."
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I haven’t done a thread in a while & I wanted to do one just to recap what Black & Asian people as well as immigrants have had to endure over the last week in the UK. Bookmark it 🧵
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If the media class think we’re going to forget their complicity over decades with one front-page, then I’ve got news for you: HELL NO.
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📢Come and work with me! We're hiring a Policy & Communications Officer to work with me on #Windrush Justice policy 🗓️Apply by 27th August 🔗 https://t.co/eGHLtZ0Rw8
5. Policy & Communications Officer To influence government policies at all levels and develop practical solutions to improve outcomes for people affected by the #WindrushScandal. Apply by 27th August 👇👇 https://t.co/4TDhBvVbU8
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A Collective Statement from @tamashatheatre, @tiatafahodzi, @NewEarthTheatre, @TaraTheatre, @infobeyondface @TalawaTheatreCo Thread 1/2 🧵
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