Pahari Poetry Mushaira
Pahari Poetry Mushaira (the invisible language of 70% of British Pakistanis) with poetry, songs and stories from artists around the country, led by local writer Nabeela Ahmed.
There will be a break in the middle for you to mingle and enjoy some refreshments.
Artists confirmed:
Kauser Mukhtar
Mukhtar Azar Karbali
Iftikhar Kulwal
Adaalat Ali
Nadeem Mir
Shamila Akhtar
Taskeen Dukhi
Awais Hussain
Qaiser Khan- Tabla
Imran Hafeez
Nabeela Ahmed is a writer and multilingual poet. She performed in the opening ceremony RISE for Bradford 2025 and delivered the Artist-Led Award, The Pahari-Pothwari Literature Project. She was featured on Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen and was a poet for BBC’s Contains Strong language.
She was the Travelling Poet for Word Up North over the summer. Her first monologue A Woman’s Work, is available on the website of the Royal Literary Fund, Writers Mosaic page. Her debut poetry manuscript, From Kashmir to Yorkshire, was published by Yaffle Press and launched through the Bradford Literature Festival.
She hosts events and teaches creative writing in schools, community settings, for the NLT, First Story and festivals. She has curated six multilingual anthologies from such creative writing sessions which will be available to purchase.
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