Hanna Ali

Check out our re-vamped website and new project Confined but Creative here!

Really excited to be leading on a brand new programme by Kayd after receiving a 2 year grant by Arts Council of England’s Elevate fund to create excellent art and partnerships with other Somali organisations in both London and other cities in England.

We are currently hiring for someone to join our small team in this new project; if you are passionate about Somali arts, culture and heritage – get more information and apply here.

My short story collection The Story of Us is now on sale in interKontinental which has been described as “the agency for African literature in German-speaking countries. They represent and promote writers from the continent and the diaspora”. They also run the annual African Book Festival Berlin. Very exciting!

The 11th annual festival was a huge success and here is my favourite photo from the events. And so the planning for 2020 starts…

Join us at the launch to celebrate one year of hard work creating another spectacular highlight of the Somali social calender: the 11th annual Somali Week Festival! Tickets for all the events can be found here. Programme booklet is also available here.

It was a great honour to a panellist in Accenture’s Black History Month that was closed to the public. So many important subjects touched upon in Black Muslim Identity.

Very excited to attend my first event in Glasgow for their Black History Month programme on Saturday 5th October 11am onwards. It’s a free event so do join us if you are around! For more events that I’m doing during BHM UK, do check out my upcoming events page.

The programme of Somali Week Festival, of which I am Director, is now up! Full link can be found here.

My latest interview with The Haybad is now up and can be read here.

I wrote an article for TRT World on the ongoing case of 12 year old Shukri Abdi in Bury who was found drowned in a local river. Full article can be read here.