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Amir Darwish

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British Syrian poet/writer of Kurdish origin. Current PhD student. Publication: Dear Refugee amirdarwish32@gmail.com football lover. views are mine. He/Him.

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Only a few more days left for this lovely event to take place in Hertford, where music and poetry are on the menu ๐Ÿ˜Š:

19.11.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exiled Lit Cafรฉ: Freedom! | Southbank Centre

I am pleased to be a guest poet at the next Exiled Writers Ink Cafe this coming Tuesday, the 18th of November. More details here:

www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...

15.11.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Callout to celebrate 100th anniversary of the General Strike โ€“ Culture Matters

www.culturematters.org.uk/callout-to-c...

14.11.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am excited to be part of this fantastic event at Acton Library this coming Saturday, the 15/11/2025. Thanks to Artification

09.11.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who We Are: 61 Poems from the Morning Star What is the relationship of culture to the wider movement for socialism? At the Morning Star we think that the place which culture occupies in the paper should be reflected throughout the Trade Union ...

I am pleased to see my poem โ€˜Refugeesโ€™ Walkโ€™ published in the โ€˜Who We Areโ€™ anthology by the Morning Star Newspaper:

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24.10.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Canalside Storytelling Festival Canalside Storytelling Festival showcases poetry, music and storytelling, by artists from various backgrounds.

This promising event will be in central London this Saturday, where I will read some of my work. Please do join us for an afternoon of misic, poetry and storytelling:

www.eventbrite.com/e/canalside-...

18.09.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amir Darwish Dans sa rubrique sur la poรฉsie britannique, Valรฉrie Harkness รฉvoque pour nous le poรจte syro-britannique Amir Darwish.

My two poems, โ€˜Where I come from,โ€™ & โ€˜If you are British I am British too,โ€™ translated into French, thanks to the French poet and writer Valรฉrie Harkness:
dailleurspoesie.com/amir-darwish/

08.09.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Canalside Storytelling Festival Canalside Storytelling Festival showcases poetry, music and storytelling, by artists from various backgrounds.

I will be reading my work on the 20th of September, including an excerpt from my forthcoming short story โ€˜Should I Stay or Should I Go,โ€™ at Canalside Storytelling Festival in Paddington. There will be music as well. All are welcome:

www.eventbrite.com/e/canalside-...

30.08.2025 10:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My Country's Hair Turned White Join Jiyar Homer & Mike Baynham at UCL for the book launch of My Countryโ€™s Hair Turned White

Join us at University College London (UCL) to hear Kurdish translator Jiyar Homer and British poet Mike Baynham discuss their translation of Dilawar Karadaghiโ€™s My Countryโ€™s Hair Turned White, published by Arc Publications. Registration is essential.

www.eventbrite.com/e/my-country...

02.08.2025 07:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ูˆุฏุงุนุข ุฒูŠุงุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญุจุงู†ูŠ.

'ุฃู†ุง ู…ุด ูƒุงูุฑ ุจุณ ุงู„ุฌูˆุน ูƒุงูุฑ.' ู‚ุฏูŠุด ู‡ู„ ุฌู…ู„ุฉ ู…ู†ุงุณุจุฉ ู„ู‡ู„ ุฃูˆู‚ุงุช.

26.07.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pleased to have been offered an extension to my position as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Northampton until August 2026.

19.07.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ุงุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุดุฑุน: 'ุณูˆุฑูŠุง ู„ูŠุณุช ู„ู„ุชู‚ุณูŠู….' ู…ู…ูƒู† ุญุฏุง ูŠุดุฑุญ ู„ู„ุฑุฆูŠุณ ุงู„ูุฑู‚ ู…ุง ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุชู‚ุณูŠู…ุŒ ุงู„ุงู†ูุตุงู„ุŒ ุงู„ุญูƒู… ุงู„ุฐุงุชูŠุŒ ุงู„ูุฏุฑุงู„ูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ุฎุฎุฎ. ุชูˆู‚ุนุช ู…ู†ู‡ ูƒุฑุฆูŠุณ ุฏูˆู„ุฉ ูƒุณูˆุฑูŠุง (ุงู„ูŠ ููŠู‡ุง ูุณูŠูุณุงุก ุจุดุฑูŠุฉ ู…ู…ูŠุฒุฉ) ุงู†ูˆ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุนู†ุฏูˆ ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุงูุถู„ ุจุงู„ู†ุธู… ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠุฉ.

19.07.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ุดูุงู† ุจุฑูˆุงุฑ ูƒุฑูŠูุฉ .#ลŸivan perwer #kirive
YouTube video by ุฌู…ุงู„ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุดูุงู† ุจุฑูˆุงุฑ ูƒุฑูŠูุฉ .#ลŸivan perwer #kirive

โ€˜Why do you cry when you hear this song?โ€™ I used to ask my mom back in the day. โ€˜You will understand when you grow up,โ€™ she replied.

I think she used to cry to reflect the pain of being Kurdish, landless, suffering from oppression, with no hope in sight.

youtu.be/cDg0aSMrjVw?...

02.07.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will be a guest poet reading my work and tackling the question of identity then and now for the next Exiled Lit Cafe by Exiled Writers Ink, taking place Tuesday, June 24th, at 19:00 in 49 Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3HZ.

23.06.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am delighted to be invited to read my poetry at this fantastic event celebrating the Syrian community in Ealing, London, this coming Saturday.

17.06.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I will facilitate and participate in this event during Refugee Week as part of the Southwark Festival of Words.

10.06.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eid Mubarak!

06.06.2025 06:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will be reading my poetry and participating in a discussion at this great event at Coventry University on the 28th of May:

www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...

23.05.2025 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
If you are British I am British too โ€“ Culture Matters

I am delighted to have this piece published by Culture Matters:

www.culturematters.org.uk/if-you-are-b...

15.05.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am honoured to be part of the Ware Poets event this May 9th, where I will read a few of my poems from previous collections and the forthcoming one:

23.04.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am delighted to have been interviewed by the Migrant Voice Newspaper.

09.04.2025 10:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eid Mubarak to all those who celebrate it.

ุนูŠุฏ ู…ุจุงุฑูƒ.

30.03.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pulse Magazine | PDF to Flipbook An e-zine from Writing East Midlands. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com

My latest article on 'Writing, and Exile' has been published by Pulse Magazine @writingeastmidlands.com :

heyzine.com/flip-book/26...

27.03.2025 12:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pulse Magazine's Issue 3 has LAUNCHED ๐Ÿš€โœจ Read it here โžก๏ธ bit.ly/WEMPULSE

Featuring @rodduncan.bsky.social, @helenmort.bsky.social, @amirdarwish.bsky.social, @holocaustmuseumuk.bsky.social and more!

Can words have the power to change the world? ๐ŸŒ Find out in Issue 3: Writing as Activism!

27.03.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I will be part of the literary Leicester festival this year with this great event on the 20th of March:

05.03.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy New ๐ŸŽ† everyone

31.12.2024 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No matter how complex Syriaโ€™s background is in terms of history, politics, social fabric, economy, etc., writing a constitution does not require three years, and preparing the country for elections does not need four years. If necessary, I can provide examples from around the world.

30.12.2024 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ุจุบุถ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ุนู† ุงู„ุชุนู‚ูŠุฏุงุช ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ุงุฌุชู…ุงุนูŠุฉ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุงู‚ุชุตุงุฏูŠุฉ ุจุฃูŠ ุจู„ุฏุŒ ูุฅู† ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุฏุณุชูˆุฑ ู„ุง ุชุญุชุงุฌ ู„ุซู„ุงุซ ุณู†ูˆุงุช ูƒู…ุง ุชูุถู„ ุงู„ุดุฑุน ููŠ ุณูˆุฑูŠุง ูˆุงู„ุงู†ุชุฎุงุจุงุช ุฃูŠุถุง ู„ุง ุชุญุชุงุฌ ู„ุฃุฑุจุน ุณู†ูˆุงุช. ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู†ู…ุงุฐุฌ ูƒุซูŠุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ูˆุจุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ู…ู…ูƒู† ุชู‚ุฏูŠู…ู‡ุง...

30.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ everyone.

24.12.2024 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ูŠุง ุฌู…ุงุนุฉ ู…ูˆ ูƒู„ ู…ูŠู† ู‡ุจ ูˆุฏุจ ูˆู…ุณูƒ ู…ูƒุฑููˆู† ูˆุตูˆุฑุŒ ุตุงุฑ ุฅุนู„ุงู…ูŠ.

23.12.2024 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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