The Welsh-Iraqi writer said she plans to make use of her experience ‘sitting with one foot on either shore of different heritages’
Hanan Issa, a Welsh-Iraqi poet, film-maker and artist, has been named the fifth national poet ofAs national poet Issa, who is due to serve a three-year term, will represent the diverse cultures and languages of Wales and act as an ambassador for the people of Wales.
She co-founded the Cardiff open-mic night Where I’m Coming From, worked in the writers’ room for Channel 4’sand was a member of the first cohort of writers who took part in Literature Wales’s Representing Wales programme in 2021. Muslim women often “get squashed into very narrow perceptions”, she said. She hoped that women “from all different demographics” will see her and think: “That’s a thing that’s achievable for me.”
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