Words That Carry Us Home | Workshop with Sukina Noor at Arnolfini
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A event held at Arnolfini on Saturday 30th May. The event starts at 15:30.


Join Bristol City Poet Sukina Noor during the season of Eid for a poetry workshop exploring voices from across the Muslim world.

Date: Sat 30th May 2026
Time: 15:30 - 17:30
Venue: Arnolfini
Price: FREE

Through the work of classical and contemporary poets from Persia, Somalia, Palestine, and Pakistan, we will explore themes of faith, identity, migration, and longing for home. Including works of including Warsan Shire, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Mahmoud Darwish, Rumi, Hafiz.

Together, we will reflect on the ways language can carry memory, emotion, and sacred expression across time and place, creating a space to connect through language, culture, and shared human experience.

This workshop is open to all. 14+ (accompanied by adult)

Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival
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Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio

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