
Upcoming
5/18/23- Reading with Suffolk University, alongside Rooja Mohassessy and Hanan Tuffaha, 6 pm EST (Virtual)
Past
12/2/22- Poets for Pakistan, Bridge Community Cafe, Ypsilanti, MI, 7 pm EST
9/24/22- 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Frannie Graves Auditorium, Campbell Hall, Agnes Scott College, 1:30 pm EST (Hybrid)
5/19/22- Our Existence Is A Rebellion, 7 pm EST
3/25/22- Tupelo Press Reading at AWP 2022, 7 pm EST
3/25/22- Book-signing with Kundiman at AWP 2022, 4-5 pm EST, booth 923
3/10/22- Performance for CCCC (Conference on College Composition and Communication), 3 pm EST (Virtual)
2/27/22- New Third World Reading, 3 pm EST (Virtual)
10/19/21- 3rd Annual Tasveer South Asian LitFest reading + panel, 5 pm PST
6/11/21- RAWIFest Poetry Debuts Panel
4/9/21- Performance for CCCC (Conference for College Composition and Communication), 2:30 PM EST
4/8/21- Women Warriors: A Solidarity Reading, 7 pm EST
2/11/21- Interview with Yale University Radio
1/23/21- Reading with Beltway Poetry Review, 1 pm EST.
10/9/20- Kundiman Reading with New York University, 8 PM EST.
7/10/20- Good Words Reading Series, with Kip Miller. Curated by Lauren Prastien and Katie Willingham.
6/24/20- Wild and Precious Life Series, with January O’Neil, Paisley Rekdal, & Brendan Walsh. 7 pm EST.
5/27/20- Poetry in Protest: A Solidarity Reading. Co-sponsored by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and PEN America.
5/26/20– Poetry Is Bread, a distance reading series. Curated by Tina Cane.
5/10/20– Soul Sister Revue Reading
4/28/20– Night Poems Reading
4/24/20– Liberation Mic
4/18/20– Crucible with Faisal Mohyuddin, Rajiv Mohabir, & Katie Willingham, curated by Anthony Frame.
4/5/20– Tupelo Press Reading
3/26/20– Tupelo Press Reading
12/20/19– Featured Artist with Muslim Writers Collective. New Women Space, Brooklyn, NY.
7/6/19– Ars Poetica Reading with Nkosi Nkululeko. Algonquin Hotel, New York, NY.
6/28/19– Featured Artist at Liberation Mic. Justice Center en el Barrio, New York, NY.
4/18/19– City of Pearls Book Launch, with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem & Hollis Wong-Wear. Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop, Brooklyn, NYC.
3/30/19– Literaoke, with AAWW, Kundiman, & Kaya Press. AWP 2019, Portland, OR.
3/29/19– Allama Iqbal’s Diasporic Children, with Faisal Mohyuddin, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, & Raza Ali Hassan. AWP 2019, Portland, OR.
3/28/19– Music Millenium Reading with A Dozen Nothing. AWP 2019, Portland, OR.
7/30/18– What Is Not Beautiful Book launch, with Shamar Hill and Tyree Daye. Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, NY.
7/18/18– Poetic Duels: Sheyr Jangi, with Marwa Helal, Haleh Liza Ghafori, & Jess Rizkallah. City Lore, New York, NY.
4/18/18– Translation/Migration Mixtape, with Raquel Salas Rivera, Asiya Wadud, Janice Lobo Sapigao, & Raquel Salas Riveral. Asian American Writers’ Workshop, New York, NY.
3/3/18– Poetry & The Body. Poets House, New York, NY.
2/3/18– Featured Poet for Closing Dinner for Zarina: Dark Roads. A/P/A Institute at NYU, New York, NY.
Recordings
2017 Emerging Poets Fellowship Reading at Poets House (Audio)
Poetry & The Body at Poets House (Audio)
Crucible Reading, with Faisal Mohyuddin, Rajiv Mohabir, and Katie Willingham. Curated by Anthony Frame
Poetry In Protest: A Solidarity Reading, with Asian American Writers’ Workshop & PEN America
Women Warriors: A Solidarity Reading, with Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Our Existence Is A Rebellion, with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem & Asian American Writers’ Workshop
“Hypothetically Speaking“, feature in Sham-e-Ali Nayeem’s poetry recording & musical composition as vocalist & translator (with Zara Khadeeja Majoka)
Hard Hat Reading Series, with Poets House
100 Thousand Poets For Change, with Agnes Scott College
Photo Credit: Fati Abubakar