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Arabic & English Poetry Reading

Wednesday 6 February, 6.30pm
Glanfa, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

Poet, writer and human rights activist, Ghias Aljundi, will read his work.  Originally from Syria, Ghias lives in exile in London after being persecuted for writing in a human rights magazine in his home country.

Ghias wrote for student newspapers in Syria and has freelanced for al-Safir in Beirut and al-Quds al-Arabi in London.  He has been living in London for 8 years, writes poetry and short stories and has had one play performed in London.  He is a volunteer for Amnesty International, and is involved in the Write to Life project - a creative writing programme for torture survivors coordinated by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

For more information about Ghias, and to read some of his work, visit his blog at: http://aljundighias.blogspot.com/

For more information contact Academi: 029 2047 2266 or post@academi.org

Ghias is visiting Cardiff as part of Academi’s Mother Tongue project, which involves the three primary schools in Cardiff Bay.  The project, supported by BBC Children in Need, will involve Arabic, Somali and Bengali writers and will encourage children to write in the language of their own hearth.  For more information on the project, click here.