Rafeef Ziadah

Rafeef Ziadah (born 1979 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Palestinian-Canadian poet and human rights activist who lives in London, England. She began writing at a young age. She grew up in Tunisia Ziadah produced Hadeel with a grant from the Ontario Arts Council within their Word of Mouth program in 2008. Ziadah has traveled to countries all over the world to perform and conduct poetry workshops. In 2012, Ziadah was chosen to represent Palestine at the South Bank Center Poets Olympiad. During the summer of 2014, Ziadah contributed an opinion piece for The Guardian regarding the 2014 Gaza War and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. On November 14, 2014 Ziadah performed at a benefit concert for Palestine with Palestinian Hip hop group, DAM-Palestine sponsored by Manchester Palestine Action. Rafeef Ziadah is well known for her poems "Shades of Anger" and "We teach life, sir". Ziadah's poem "We teach life, sir" became the inspiration for a photography show for display inside the Scottish Parliament. The exhibit was titled, "We Teach Life: The Children of the Occupation."

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