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Think of Syria – poems by Farrah Akbik
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Think of Syria – poems by Farrah Akbik

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Tamara Pearson

Farrah Akbik is a British-Syrian poet based in London who writes to raise awareness of the hardships Syria and Syrian refugees are going through. Al Sham (*another name for Damascus) I want to lay my head in the lap of Ghouta, Dull my senses with pomegranate wine. Drift like Ophelia down the river Barada, Lose … Continue reading →

Activism is poetry is activism
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Activism is poetry is activism

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Tamara Pearson

Warsan Shire‘s poems are angry and they argue and rage and weep. As fighting poems should. A British poet, born to Somali parents in Kenya, Shire’s poems have been read at rallies, and in homes and not-so-homes. She writes about people who are made invisible in society – often refugees, migrants, and other marginalised groups. … Continue reading →

A migrant poem defies “anti-poem toxins”
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A migrant poem defies “anti-poem toxins”

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Tamara Pearson

Miguel M. Morales grew up in Texas, in the US. He worked there as a child laborer and migrant or seasonal farmworker. He wrote this poem – by a migrant, about migrants. This Is a Migrant Poem This is a migrant poem a farmworking poem, a poem that covers itself in long sleeves to avoid … Continue reading →

Muslim Man Abuses Young Black Girl and LGBT Woman – by Olka Baldeh
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Muslim Man Abuses Young Black Girl and LGBT Woman – by Olka Baldeh

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Tamara Pearson

Olka Baldeh dedicated this poem to Orange Face. She’s calling her series of poems “Love Letters to Donald Trump”. Continue reading →

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Resistance words is run by author and journalist Tamara Pearson. Here you'll find her writing and articles, as well as resistance writing by excluded voices from around the world. The aim is to promote writing and creativity as tools for justice. There are discussions about the book and media industries and writing world, as well as writing exercises for liberation.

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