Rabha Ashry 8/2/21 Rabha Ashry 8/2/21

Two Poems

Two poems by Rabha Ashry watch a girl rebel against what is expected of her, playing with the ties that bind her to her bed, a boy, to God. With artwork by Zayn Qahtani

Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21 Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21

Poet Rabha Ashry on ‘loving the alien’, Black Sunflowers, and Playing Foreigner

Winner of the 2020 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, Rabha Ashry probes her different identities, navigating Arabness, queerness and more, in her chapbook “loving the alien”, published by UK’s first crowdfunded poetry press Black Sunflowers. Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha reviews her poems and talks to Ashry about her process and practice