Khadijah Ibrahiim FRSL is a literary activist, theatre maker and writer from Leeds, England.
14 Facts About Khadijah Ibrahiim
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Khadijah Ibrahiim is the founder and artistic director of Leeds Young Authors, and executive producer of the documentary We Are Poets.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim was born in Leeds and she would meet Jamaican musicians who visited her home.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim attended the University of Leeds and has a master's degree in Theatre Studies.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim has toured her work in America, Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim attended the Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica and she was one of the first international writers to attend the El Gouna Writers Residency in Egypt, 2010.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim continued her work with the British Library and Leeds Libraries by hosting a spoken-word event with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan as part of the Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights project.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim's poetry has been published by Peepal Tree Press, which publishes international writing from the Caribbean, its diasporas and the UK.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim's work has appeared in university journals and poetry anthologies and on BBC Radio 4 Radio 3 and BBC Radio 1Xtra.
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In 2017 and 2019, Khadijah Ibrahiim was shortlisted for the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2024.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim signed the RSL roll with Andrea Levy's pen.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim's published collection Another Crossing was published by Peepal Tree Press in 2014.
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Khadijah Ibrahiim has a daughter, Rheima Robinson, who is a poet.