27 April,
Workshop /
Rafeef Ziadah: Poetry and Resistance
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 4:00pm
O’Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway / €65
Tickets On Sale NowJoin poet Rafeef Ziadah in her spoken word workshop where she delves into the artistry of Palestinian resistance poetry. In this practical workshop, explore storytelling in poems, play with pace and musicality, and boost your stage performance skills. Engage in a dynamic session that brings resistance poetry to life.
Rafeef is a Palestinian spoken word artist and human rights activist based in London, UK. Her performance of poems like ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Shades of Anger’ went viral within days of its release. Her live readings offer a moving blend of poetry and music. Since releasing her first album, Rafeef has headlined prestigious performance venues across several countries with powerful readings on war, exile, gender and racism.
Her third album Three Generations is a selection of spoken word poems, with original music compositions. The sequence of linked poems is a deeply moving, powerful, personal remembrance of Palestine, Al-Nakba, exile, defiance, and survival. It is also a beautiful testament to the human spirit, to ‘love and joy against skies of steel’. We Teach Life, her second album, is a powerful collection of spoken word with original music compositions, which she brings to the stage with Australian guitarist and We Teach Life producer Phil Monsour. Rafeef received the Ontario Arts Council Grant from the Word of Mouth programme to create her debut spoken-word album Hadeel. She regularly conducts spoken word workshops with the aim of empowering expression through writing and performance. She was chosen to represent Palestine at the South Bank Centre Poets Olympiad in 2012.
