Hanna Ali

I was honoured to take part in a photo shoot recently of Trailblazing Muslim Women in the UK as part of a larger female empowerment project by Creative Director Zainab Khan and Photographer Maaria Lohiya.

More of the photo shoot can be seen here.

Join me on my birthday as I recite my work tonight!

The Literary Natives – Writers of Colour event is taking place tomorrow – it’s not too late to buy your ticket here!

Really excited to announce that I am now working with Kayd Somali Arts & Culture as the Project Manager for their new project that I co-created titled Somalis: A Nation of Poets, which was chosen by City Hall as one of 6 Community Based Projects in London that the Mayor’s Office will fully fund. Today we had our first meeting at City Hall with Dep. Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility, Community Engagement, Matthew Ryder.

My short story collection book launch that was held in Soutbank in October as part of the London Literature Festival as well as Somali Week Festival 2017 is now on Youtube. Watch it here.

The opening event of Somali Week Festival 2017 in The British Library in October, where I was on the panel, is now on Youtube. You can watch it here.

I’ll be reading extracts from my stories and taking part in discussions on the 11th of February with Literary Natives who celebrate writers of colour. Tickets can be purchased here!

It’s here! It’s alive! My short story collection The Story of Us is now available in English *and* Somali!!!! You can buy it here.

My interview with Mvslim.com is now up on their site. You read it on Medium.com! It’s also posted on Mvslim.com.

Happy New Year, everyone! My interview with Integration TV is now up on Youtube and you can watch it by clicking here!