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OPINION - I quit my Home Office job because I hate Braverman’s views on refugees

I quit my role at the Home Office last year because I could not serve in a department led by our current Home Secretary, whose views towards refugee “people like me” are despicable. I fled what is today Somaliland 33 years ago with half of my family, leaving the rest…

Evening Standard · May 16, 2023

Dylan Thomas prize shortlist includes four debuts

Three British writers are among the six nominees including Saba Sams for her short story collection, Send Nudes, and Warsan Shire for Bless the Daughter Raised By a Voice in Her Head

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023

‘An acutely difficult time’: companies respond to Arts Council funding decisions

In our third set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we hear from Eclipse theatre in Leeds, Oldham Coliseum and Bloodaxe Books

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in March

Norman Erikson Pasaribu, Sana Goyaland Guardian readers Melissa and Joe discuss the titles they’ve read over the last month

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

Synik uses hip-hop to discuss Zimbabwe's issues despite the censors

“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” This is how British Somali poet Warsan Shire begins her now famous poem called Home. These words resonate with the experiences of many Zimbabweans who have been forced to leave their country in search of better opportunities elsewhere.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2022

The best recent poetry – reviews roundup

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire; Vinegar Hill by Colm Tóibín; Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry; Some Integrity by Padraig Regan

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

Warsan Shire talks to Bernardine Evaristo about becoming a superstar poet: ‘Beyoncé sent flowers when my children were born’

One is a breakout poet, the other is a Booker-winning champion of Black talent. They swap notes on class, impostor syndrome and the day pop’s biggest star came knocking

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

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