AWAN Festival presents Amina Atiq.

The event is FREE and open to all but registration is essential to attend.

Amina Atiq is a Yemeni- Scouse writer, performance artist, facilitator, activist and BBC Words First Finalist 2019. She is currently working with the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival as a support engagement facilitator.

She was awarded the LJMU Citizenship award for her active and community engagement work and awarded the best North West volunteer by Human Appeal was long listed for the Jerwood Poetry Fellowship and awarded as a Young Associate for Curious Minds.

Atiq’s work explores the conflict and beauty of her dual- identity, taking us on a journey to her birth home, Yemen and her Love Letter to her city, Liverpool. She is currently producing and writing her first one-woman show, exploring a Yemeni- British household in the 1970's.

AWAN Festival is produced by Arts Canteen and supported by Arts Council England.